This one surprised me, yes it's possible to borrow ebooks from your local library. Many public libraries subscribe to the Overdrive network which provides access to a catalog of ebooks that can be downloaded.
You can find out if your local library supports borrowing ebooks through Overdrive using the library search.
I don't know if the selection changes form library to library, but I was able to find and borrow many recent and popular titles. The "borrowed" ebooks have DRM protection and must be downloaded to a supported ebook library/reader application such as Adobe Digital Editions or the Sony Reader Library. The DRM limits the amount of time they can be read (7, 14 or 21 days), after which the file becomes unreadable. As the right to read the book expires the book is essentially "returned" to the library for someone else to borrow.
Go to the Overdrive Library Search
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