You have always been able to borrow books from your local library. Armed with a library card, you can take out books and escape as often as you have time to read. It's also been some time now that you can buy books at your library. Most libraries, including the Shorewood-Troy Public Library, have a book cart and people can buy books, usually from 25 cents to one dollar. At the Channahon branch of Three Rivers Library, the books that are for sale have been moved into their own room. Each book, no matter if it is softcover or hardcover, is 25 cents. You can also fill a bag for a dollar. Any bag…

Yesterday we told you about the ability to download music from the library Web site for free. You can keep that music. The library also gives you the ability to download books, but those only stay on your e-reader for a specific period of time. "You can choose one week or two weeks," Three Rivers Public Library District Assistant Director, Lauren M. Offerman said. Don't have an e-reader of your own? Don't worry. "Very soon, we're going to be purchasing some Nooks and Sony e-readers that patrons can check out," Offerman said. E-books are not quite as user-friendly as the downloadable music and…

Everyone knows that the library loans out books. You need a library card and you can check out books for a specified period of time. Most people know the same is true for CDs and DVDs. What most people might not know, though, is that you can download music from your library for free. And it's music you can keep. "They're yours to keep forever," Three Rivers Library Assistant Director Lauren M. Offerman said. "You're limited to three songs per week." That's three songs per week per library card. So a family of three can download nine songs per week. The program is called Freegal and as if it …