Pluggers by Rick McKee for April 02, 2015

darn right (I don’t have an e-reader, but I do have a library card… which I don’t use very often)

In the United Statres Libraries were orginally run PRIVATELY, by subscriptions paid by their users.

This model could very easily be restored, and would save Taxpayers Money in the process.

(Not to mention making the Libriaries MORE responsive to their Patrons.)

I have both and an electronic reader and a library card (several cards, in fact). I make good use of them!

I personally have no problem with taxes being cut, especially if there are corresponding spending cuts. And I mean cutting fat, not necessities.

I live in a community outside Dayton, Ohio whose voter’s recently raised the taxes to support the libraries. The diversity of services has kept up with the times and is an important part of the young and old plugger alike.

I have a tablet that supports e-books and a library card. Library books don’t run out of power and need to be recharged halfway through the book.

Our library does stock e-books as well. I still much prefer to read an actual paper book, but I do keep one e-book on my phone to read if I do not have a book with me and get stuck having to wait around in a line or something or other. Because I am so very slow at reading the e-book (9 times out of 10 I will have a paper book with me), I have bought the current e-book I have because the library e-book disappears at the due date.

I have both an e-reader and a library card. They complement each other.

What?

On my “e-reader”, which is an iPad, I can read books, I can learn crafts on YouTube, I can follow our hobby (bunnies, hence Lagomorph in my name!) I can read the news, the cartoons (obviously), if I’d set it up I could do FaceTime (like Skype), AND …I can WATCH TV! There’s more, too.

I have an e-reader; i.e., an iPad! It sits on the table next to me and I use it occasionally….as a cup rest!

In ancient days, predating modern history libraries were only for receipts.

Sounds like a Plugger thing if I ever saw one.

I read books and the morning paper on my iPad. With carpal tunnel syndrome this has saved me much pain. I check out books from the library, free, which saves both my hands, wrists, and money. Try it, you will like it.

I get lots of my e-reader books from the library. They sort of work together.

Where I live, library cards can now expire and you have to pay to renew them.

They also benefit from homeschoolers.