Sign Up for the Summer Reading Program at the library!
Hi Everyone! As of today, May 7, you may come in and register your child for this year's Summer Reading Program at the Colfax Library ... this year's theme is "Dream Big - Read!" and will run Wednesdays, July 11 - August 1 from 10:30 - Noon. Stop on by and get signed up! Generally the program is geared toward children ages 5 - 10.
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Now Available for a 14-day check-out
Kindle Touch
Preloaded with adult bestsellers and non-fiction titles
Also Available @ the Library!
In-House iPad 2 Check-out (2hr. limit)
Will need a Colfax library card to check-out. Children ages 10-17 yrs old will need a signed parental form in order to check-out.
Kindles, Nooks & iPads Oh My!
Thursday May 24, 2012 @ 6:30 pm
Colfax Public Library
613 Main Street (Village Hall Bldg.)
Presenters: Lisa Ludwig & Kathy Maves
Would you like to learn about eBooks and eBook reader devices? Would you like to try them before you buy them? The Colfax Public Library is offering a one-hour informative overview of eReader devices such as the Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire, Nook Color and an iPad 2. Come to listen, learn and try! Questions are encouraged.
Program is free and open to the public. No registration necessary.
The Colfax Public Library is excited to announce that its eBook collection is now compatible with the world's bestselling eBook reader, the Amazon ® Kindle. Patrons can now download popular and classic eBooks to a Kindle device or any mobile device running the free Kindle app, such as iPhone® , iPad®, Android™, and more. To get started visit Overdrive.
Our library also offers eBook and audiobooks for use on a PC or Mac computer and popular mobile devices such as a Smartphone, MP3 player, and eBook reader like the Barnes & Noble® Nook™ and Sony® Reader.
Kindle users can browse the MORE online card catalog collection of bestselling and classic eBooks from a PC or Mac computer, check out titles using a library card, and select "Get for Kindle" to deliver eBooks to their Kindle device or any device running the free Kindle app. Users who enjoy eBooks on Kindle will benefit from Amazon's Whispersync technology that synchronizes notes, highlights and last page read between their Kindle and free apps.
