LIBRARIES across North Yorkshire – including South Craven – are seeing an e-book boom.

Last year, the county's libraries service issued more than 104,000 electronic books and e-audio books.

When the scheme was introduced in 2010, just 4,000 issues were recorded in the first year.

The service is now attracting over 200 new users every month.

There are nearly 20,000 titles to choose from, covering fiction, non-fiction and children's books.

County Councillor Greg White, executive member for library and community services, said: "North Yorkshire's libraries are at the forefront of digital lending and have built a first-class collection for their members.

"In addition to e-books, we have thousands of electronic magazines, newspapers and comics available to library members.

"With summer here, I expect to see many more people taking advantage of the service for their holiday reading.

"It doesn't matter where in the world they are, if they can access the internet they will be able to download books from North Yorkshire's library service.

"It's great to see our libraries responding to customer demand and thriving in the digital age."

The digital library resources can be found at northyorks.gov.uk/digital-library.