Do You Use Your Public Library?

[SavingSteve]

How many of you actually use the public library? This forum made me realize I spend a fortune buying books and I have no place for them at home. So today I went and got a library card. I didn't realize there is a public library two blocks from my job.

It felt good to walk out of there with some new reading and I didn't pay a dime for it.

[JoeP]

I used to use the library a lot, but with digital media, not so much any more. We have a kindle, and it is far easier for me to either check out library books on it, or simply buy books off Amazon.

I do, however, go to the library when they have used book sales. This allows me to grab a bunch of paperbacks for a couple dollars, and not have to worry about their value, or returning them, or losing them. Then I'll donate them back when I'm done.

[ktmarvels]

We check out books from our library. We also get TV shows and movies from them. That library also has video games and CDs you can rent. Another local library charges $1 for movies, and we've yet to use them, however it's still less than redbox let alone going to the movies!

[MonkeyMama]

We use the library all the time. I rarely set foot in the library these days since I mostly just check out ebooks from the library, online.

[LittleMissSplendid]

I think I'd die without the public library! Its where I get books, movies (especially foreign and independent ones), magazines, newspapers, and research journals. I've used their job club services, exercise classes, free internet, and enjoyed their free ac when I couldn't afford to run mine. In fact I just went to the library yesterday and checked out a handful of books on finances. In many cities library systems are linked with those through the state so if your local library doesn't have a particular book you can request it from a library in another city..... for free! If you have kids they have quite a bit of afterschool/summer programming and tutoring services too.

Ok I'm done with my infomercial now lmao!

[marvholly]

CONSTANTLY!
I could NOIT afford my reading habit any other way.

My library also ofers ebook dowloads, concerts 1-2x/mont, movies at least 1x/week, music CDs, movie DVDs, mgazines...............assorted classes & interest clubs.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

How many of you actually use the public library? This forum made me realize I spend a fortune buying books and I have no place for them at home. So today I went and got a library card. I didn't realize there is a public library two blocks from my job.

It felt good to walk out of there with some new reading and I didn't pay a dime for it.

It's been on my "todo" list for quite a while. I've never even set foot in it. Public libraries are one of the few public institutions I love.

[creditcardfree]

Yes, we love our library! I wish we used it more when the girls were younger, but they also use it plenty now. I like that I can checkout whatever I want, pay nothing, and don't HAVE to read it if I don't end up liking it.

[SuperSavingTips]

Yes, we have a great public library. Lately we have mainly been checking out movies, but we also use it for books (ebooks and paper) and activities (classes, movies, concerts, etc.). It is a great way to save money, broaden your horizons, and not accumulate stuff you have nowhere to store (dusty books on the shelf, I'm looking at you).

[scfr]

All the time!

[disneysteve]

Almost never but I'm not much of a reader. I couldn't tell you the last time I read a book. When I was at my old job (which I left 14 years ago), I used to go to the library and borrow books on tape that I would listen to in the car. Now I have a much shorter commute - and podcasts on my phone.

My wife uses the library to "borrow" ebooks using the Kindle app on her phone/iPad but she doesn't have to physically go to the library for that. It's all done online.

[hamchan]

I use a Kindle and I prefer ebooks over paper. I know you can check out ebooks from the library, but only for a few weeks. It takes me months to read through a whole book many times because I don't read quickly or one at a time, and I like to be able to re-read or reference them later, so I just buy them.

[txex86]

With the addition of ebooks i use our library more now than i used to. It is so convenient to browse for titles and download it to my tablet.

[SavingSteve]

I love using my Kindle so I should really figure out how to borrow library books for it.

[scottish girl]

Yes all the time.