Your public library can get you almost any book on earth for $5 or less

You need a $198 academic text or research? Or am out-of-print monograph that doesn't show up on any used-book site? Brian Schrader, a San Diego blogger, ran into both problems constantly until he discovered a system called Inter-Library Loan. ILL lets your local library request a physical book from basically any other library in the country — or the world. — Read the rest The post Your public library can get you almost any book on earth for $5 or less appeared first on Boing Boing.