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Access Around 460,000 E-Books for Free: Busan Library Resumes 2026 Subscription-Based E-Book Service

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□ Busan Library announced that it has resumed and is operating the 2026 Subscription-Based E-Book Service to enhance reading convenience for citizens.

□ The subscription-based e-book service will run until December 4, and anyone with a Busan Metropolitan City library Chaegieum (책이음) membership can use it free of charge.
○ The “subscription-based e-book service” has been implemented since 2021 and, with strong public interest and high usage each year, has established itself as Busan Library’s flagship non-face-to-face reading service.
○ This year, a total of approximately 465,000 digital titles will be provided through three platforms—Kyobo Book Centre, Aladin, and Bookcube—including about 450,000 e-books and about 10,000 audiobooks.
○ Users may borrow up to 20 titles per month per platform. The loan period is 15 days (including the date of borrowing), and the number of loans and the loan period may be adjusted depending on usage trends. The service may end early if the budget is exhausted.

□ Digital titles can be accessed anytime and anywhere by visiting the Busan Metropolitan City e-Library website (https://library.busan.go.kr/elib) or using the mobile apps of Kyobo Book Centre, Aladin, and Bookcube, then logging in with a library member account.

□ Busan Library also provides online content services that reflect citizens’ diverse information needs.
○ Online content includes resources in reading, the humanities, and the arts, as well as e-learning content that supports individual learning and growth, and e-newspapers and e-magazines that help users stay informed about current issues in daily life—enabling citizens to conveniently access knowledge and information across a broad range of fields.
○ In addition, academic information databases (DB) are provided for scholarly research and specialized information use, improving access to information for a wide range of users, including students and researchers.

□ Park Eun-a, Director of Busan Library, said, “The subscription-based e-book service and the provision of diverse online content are citizen-centered services that support reading and learning without constraints of time and place,” adding, “We will continue to build and strengthen a digital reading foundation so that all citizens can conveniently access knowledge and information in step with the changing reading environment.”