Book worms eager for the next e-chapter

Robin “In My Book” Blum spotted news from Australia on the Yarra Plenty Regional Library’s lending their books electronically.

In about as much time as it might take to get through a good thriller, 25 library members had signed up for a 12-month trial in which they can download up to three e-books at a time to their Palms and Pocket PCs, or any device that can run the MobiPocket electronic reader. Another 10 had suggested that they’d love to do the same thing, if the library would also lend them a palmtop computer.