Announcing… Bestsellers 2012 lineup…

Join us next month for a discussion of Destiny of the Republic, by Candice Millard, January 3 at 7pm!

Kindle Workshop on Friday

Come to our free Kindle workshop on Friday at 1pm in the Patterson Computer Room!  Learn how to download free eBooks to your Kindle using the library’s Overdrive eBook system.  Sign up at the main desk, or call 326-2154.  Free.

Friday at 1pm!

Malinoski Exhibition opens Friday!

Two Book Readings/Signings on Thursday, September 29!

 

 

 

Help us welcome two great authors to Patterson Library next Thursday!  

1pm: Christopher L. Webber, author of American to the Backbone will be here.

7pm: James Goertel, author of Carry Each His Burden read from his new book.

Library Books on the Kindle are Here!

Library eBooks now available for Amazon® Kindle

September 21st, 2011 Brianne Carlon

OverDrive is pleased to announce that Amazon® Kindle compatibility with your U.S. public or school library’s eBook collection is here.  See the press release.  This update, which is included at no additional cost to OverDrive partner libraries, allows most existing eBooks in your library’s collection to be read on all Kindle devices or by using free Kindle apps for iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ and other mobile devices.

OverDrive is quickly updating all U.S. public and school library partner websites to support Kindle compatibility and will complete this update as soon as possible.  Sections of your website, including My Help wizard, Help pages and FAQs, will also reflect these changes and help new Kindle users.

Here is the process for checking out a library eBook for Kindle:

• Visit your library’s ‘Virtual Branch’ website
• Browse and check out a Kindle book.
• Click the ‘Get for Kindle’ button. This opens the Amazon.com website. You may be required to sign in with your Amazon.com account if you are not already logged in.
• Select a Kindle device or Kindle reading app. Click the ‘Get library book’ button and sync your device or app to download the book, or choose to send it to your device via USB.
• An active Wi-Fi connection is required for wireless delivery to a Kindle device.  If your Kindle is not Wi-Fi capable or you do not have an active Wi-Fi connection, read Amazon’s instructions for transferring files via USB.

Kindle compatibility with library eBooks also takes full advantage of Amazon’s Whispersync technology.  If you check out the eBook again at a later date or choose to purchase the eBook from the Kindle Store, all of your notes, bookmarks and highlights will be preserved.  The last page read will also be synced between your Kindle and free Kindle reading apps.

For more details, please check the Help pages and FAQs on your library’s web site.

Women Photographers Exhibit at the Octagon

 

Join Us Friday September 16, 7-9pm for the Opening Reception of

A Collective of Women Photographers

Running through October 7 in the Octagon Gallery.

2011-12 Literary Circle Schedule Announced

September 10 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (and optional: The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein by the Hooblers)

October 8: Poe’s Tales of Mystery and the Imagination 

November 12: Hawthorne’s The House of Seven Gables

December 10: Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone

January 14: Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

February 11: Stoker’s Dracula

March 10: Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

April 14: Eco’s The Name of the Rose

May 12: Chandler’s The Long Goodbye

June 9: Atwood’s The Blind Assassin

Patterson BBQ Auction- August 17!

Get your BBQ tickets today!  

$10 Presale at the Library!

Book Sale 2011!

Patterson Library Used Book Sale
July 14 to 16 under tent in Moore Park
Thursday and Friday: 9:30 to 6
Saturday: 9:30 to Noon

Adult Summer Registration Opens

Adults, Register Now!

Novel Destinations Summer Program

Registration for the Summer Reading Program for Grown Ups Now Open! Click Here to Register

Read or listen to at least 3 books between June 27 and August 26.  Submit a review for the books you read to be eligible for the Finale Party on September 1 from 4-6pm, as well as a special prize!

Submit reviews online here.  (Or if you’d prefer, stop by the Library to pick up a paper review booklet)