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Amazon Kindles Connect Rural Libraries to Digital World

September 1, 2010

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Georgetown County, S.C., isn’t known as a bustling hub of innovation. But as the county’s library system adopts new technology, residents can connect to a world beyond their rural community.

The Amazon Kindle, the popular e-book reader, is the latest tool made available at Georgetown County Library, thanks to a national Library Services and Technology Act grant. With the $25,000 grant, matched by the libraries, the county acquired 25 Kindles for onsite use and about $2,500 worth of e-books.

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