Now's the time to get an electronic library card

[kestrell]

As mentioned in this online how to
https://www.howtogeek.com/663812/how-to-sign-up-for-a-library-card-from-home/
you can sign up through the Libby app (which, sadly, does not seem to be accessible), or check out your local library's Website.
For Boston area folks, here is info for getting a BPL e-card.
, you can get a Boston Public Library e-card
This is if you do not already have a BPL card. The point of this is that you can register for an e-card online and it allows you access to all the online services, including being able to electronically borrow music, audiobooks, and ebooks. Some of these ebooks require an additional ebook reader app, but many can be read using just your browser.

This online registration form is mostly accessible--I am using Jaws with Chrome--but the label for the "City" combo box didn't get read for some reason. You will get an error and a link back to the form if you miss anything, though, so just stick with it.

Here's the link to the form and the FAQ
https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4197886/eCard-Registration

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Libby is ridiculously inaccessible—but now that you’ve shared the good news about Kindle, I’m slightly less agitated. When you borrow an ebook with Libby, it offers a choice between “read with kindle” and “read with Libby.” Dont know if it permits screen reader access enough to reach that decision point screen.

Another Libby issue is the uxorious* pricing strategies major publishers impose on libraries for ebooks and e-audio. Nice bright spot there is that MacMillan backed of on its library embargo

The original plan

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775150979/you-may-have-to-wait-to-borrow-a-new-e-book-from-the-library

The walk back

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/18/818004783/publisher-macmillan-backs-off-policy-restricting-e-book-sales-to-libraries

* first time I’ve had a chance to deploy this word in my own writing. hooray!

[kestrell]

Getting Kindle ebooks from the library is kind of confusing, at least to me. I borrowed an ebook at one point that I easily saw that I could send to my Kindle, and did so, and read the ebook, but when I tried to send another Kindle ebook from the library Website, I couldn't find a button that would let me send it to my Kindle.
My guess is that there are varying levels of accessibility according to which library service you are using, i.e., Overdrive, Hoopla, etc. Some ebooks you can even read from your Web browser, and these are still my favorite.

AMEN

[jesse_the_k]

enough with APPS -- give me a browser every time. I can control my browser!

Re: AMEN

[alexxkay]

Which is precisely why they won't do it. They don't WANT you to have control.