eBook usage soars at St. Paul Libraries, but it’s still a small fraction of book lending By Joe Kimball St. Paul Library officials are giddy about the rising use of eBooks by library patrons, although they note that it’s still a tiny percentage of overall library lending. The library says it recorded 3,483 eBook downloads in December — 200 on Dec. 26 alone. The monthly total is a 645 percent increase over April, when 467 eBooks were downloaded in the program’s first month. Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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eBook usage soars at St. Paul Libraries, but it’s still a small fraction of book lending

By Joe Kimball

St. Paul Library officials are giddy about the rising use of eBooks by library patrons, although they note that it’s still a tiny percentage of overall library lending.

The library says it recorded 3,483 eBook downloads in December — 200 on Dec. 26 alone. The monthly total is a 645 percent increase over April, when 467 eBooks were downloaded in the program’s first month.

Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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