Just noticed this on the checkout notification I get from the Chicago Public Library. I think it’s new and I love it!
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That is awesome!
aug 29, 2025, 10:09 pm • 3 0 • view
On the one hand, I love it. On the other hand, it's just more data the government has about you that can be hacked or worse.
aug 29, 2025, 10:58 pm • 1 0 • view
This might explain why publishers are colluding to limit the number of digital copies public libraries currently have available for purchase.
aug 30, 2025, 3:27 am • 1 0 • view
Happy reading!!!
aug 29, 2025, 9:36 pm • 2 0 • view
Brilliant!
aug 29, 2025, 10:16 pm • 3 0 • view
Libraries have been using this for years but not all library software supports it. Such a valuable resource
aug 30, 2025, 1:31 am • 2 0 • view
Our library in PA is doing it also 🥰
aug 29, 2025, 10:39 pm • 2 0 • view
I just recently noticed that also here in NJ too
aug 30, 2025, 11:29 am • 0 0 • view
That's neat!
aug 29, 2025, 8:32 pm • 11 0 • view
Also, authors do get paid when you check out their books.
aug 29, 2025, 11:53 pm • 2 0 • view
Libraries in Massachusetts do this too.
aug 29, 2025, 11:09 pm • 2 0 • view
What a great idea.
aug 29, 2025, 10:46 pm • 2 0 • view
What?!? I've not seen this before!!
aug 30, 2025, 9:27 pm • 0 0 • view
If I actually counted up how much I saved we’d be in the millions, and that’s just in the last 20 years. Love my library! And I found out I can get books from another library in another state on my reader because they are “sister” libraries? If one doesn’t have it, the other might! ❤️
aug 29, 2025, 9:24 pm • 4 0 • view
Mine does this too and I also love it! We (my toddler and I) average $100 each visit and that isn’t even counting audiobooks on Libby ♥️
aug 30, 2025, 2:09 am • 3 0 • view
Congratulations, you just screwed an author out of their royalties.
aug 29, 2025, 10:54 pm • 2 0 • view
Thought I was the only one thinking that. I love libraries but also will spend what little disposable income I have to support writers, publishers and hopefully even bookstores.
aug 30, 2025, 4:37 am • 1 0 • view
Here is an oldie to remind people to protest safely. It also mocks birthday boy who wants another parade in homage to himself. I think it would be worth the drive to DC to be able to turn my back on his funeral procession. Maybe "Good Riddance" on the back of a t shirt. youtu.be/HSvQT-tkiBw?...
aug 30, 2025, 4:55 pm • 1 0 • view
I wish mine would tell me this!
aug 30, 2025, 5:25 am • 1 0 • view
That’s so cool. I’ve saved a ton on digital and audio books.
aug 30, 2025, 11:55 am • 0 0 • view
Librarians rule!
aug 30, 2025, 12:22 am • 2 0 • view
This is so neat
aug 30, 2025, 12:00 am • 5 0 • view
That is wonderful! Congratulations!
aug 29, 2025, 9:18 pm • 2 0 • view
Brilliant!
aug 30, 2025, 3:02 pm • 0 0 • view
book sales generate new author manuscript sales... there's room for both🤗
aug 29, 2025, 11:15 pm • 2 0 • view
I noticed that our libraries are doing that too. Going to be sure to check out something at the end of the year so I get a total.
aug 29, 2025, 8:59 pm • 18 0 • view
Our library does that! I started reading to my granddaughter on FaceTime every day at the beginning of the pandemic when she was 3 years old. In the next three years, we read over $30,000 worth of books, according to my library receipt!
aug 29, 2025, 11:48 pm • 10 0 • view
That is awesome! 👏
aug 31, 2025, 12:53 am • 0 0 • view
Libby Libby Libby Libby Libby Libby! :)
aug 30, 2025, 12:20 am • 2 0 • view
This is a great idea!!
aug 29, 2025, 9:55 pm • 2 0 • view
I need my library to do this.
aug 29, 2025, 11:13 pm • 2 0 • view
Great idea! Though can it factor in my inevitable late fees when someone moves my stack from the coffee table? 🤔
aug 30, 2025, 4:11 am • 1 0 • view
damn im jealous of your library lol
aug 29, 2025, 8:49 pm • 3 0 • view
This is extraordinary🌻
aug 30, 2025, 1:54 am • 2 0 • view
St. Louis County Library does this also! Pretty cool!
aug 30, 2025, 3:09 am • 1 0 • view
May be an IL library system thing because my library down near STL also does this!
aug 30, 2025, 3:04 am • 0 0 • view
I think this is a Libby thing. Love it.
aug 29, 2025, 11:25 pm • 1 0 • view
That’s not factoring in the sanity it saves, too.
aug 29, 2025, 11:07 pm • 4 0 • view
The library is so great.
aug 29, 2025, 10:44 pm • 2 0 • view
Wow I think I saved $200 my trip last week and another $80 yesterday I love books and have run out of room
aug 30, 2025, 2:25 pm • 0 0 • view
I love libraries! I’m get most of my audiobooks from CPL. Libby one good thing technology has given us.
aug 30, 2025, 11:27 am • 0 0 • view
@cityofsydney.bsky.social do this!
aug 29, 2025, 9:32 pm • 1 0 • view
I’m a fan! Would love to see this while checking out from the library
aug 29, 2025, 10:42 pm • 2 0 • view
When he's dead...let's all meet at the closest library
aug 30, 2025, 5:31 am • 1 0 • view
I introduced my daughter to the public library around 6 years old. When she found out how many books she could take out for "free" to read and get more when she returned the ones she read, it was like she won the lottery.
aug 30, 2025, 12:54 am • 4 0 • view
My library recently switched over to a system that tracks this, it gets printed on your receipt when you check out books. Now it's like a challenge to rack up the highest possible number. 😂
aug 30, 2025, 1:52 am • 2 0 • view
if you enjoy reading or listening to music, books or podcasts you can get the free app from your library and not pay for your books or audio anything. I use LIBBY and HOOPLA totally free and it's through your Public Library,
aug 30, 2025, 8:14 pm • 0 0 • view
They should also note the cubic space in your home that isn't piles of books because you returned them.
aug 29, 2025, 10:21 pm • 2 0 • view
Exactly! That’s why I always use the library! I use Libby now to download to my kindle and/ or phone. They have thousands of books!
aug 29, 2025, 9:31 pm • 4 0 • view
I just discovered Libby this year. Today, while listening to an audio book with the Libby App, a saw a truck with the Libby logo and felt like going over there to thank them.
aug 29, 2025, 10:55 pm • 3 0 • view
County Libraries are one of the few things I miss about the USA. Costa Rica has no equivalent except universities.
aug 29, 2025, 9:50 pm • 2 0 • view
I would be interested in seeing my total since I started using my library. There was a time where it got too expensive to go to the library...because my dog liked to shred books. Kip was a fantastic paper shredder. 🤣
aug 29, 2025, 10:58 pm • 2 0 • view
That's a really good reminder and shows what a valuable public investment public libraries are.
aug 29, 2025, 8:47 pm • 48 0 • view
I hope mine will start doing that. Gotta get them all! (Books I mean)
aug 29, 2025, 10:37 pm • 2 0 • view
I get that at my library (Hoboken, NJ).with each checkout. A great reminder! ❤️
aug 29, 2025, 9:00 pm • 8 0 • view
The Joliet Library does this also
aug 29, 2025, 9:30 pm • 4 0 • view
I love this. You should see if your library has access to Kanopy.com. Free streaming of films and docs with your library card. You can add to that total.
aug 30, 2025, 9:59 pm • 2 0 • view
Great idea! I wish our county would do the same. 😊
aug 29, 2025, 9:15 pm • 3 0 • view
I'm curious: do you check out paper books from the library or use an e-reader? My wife is a big fan of the Libby app, but she misses the feel of paper.
aug 30, 2025, 4:15 am • 1 0 • view
Paper books unless I’m listening via Libby on a long road trip
aug 30, 2025, 2:21 pm • 2 0 • view
I get those from my library too. Just so very smart. Libraries are the best!
aug 29, 2025, 9:29 pm • 4 0 • view
I love libraries! Take my grandkid there twice a month as well!
aug 30, 2025, 3:37 am • 2 0 • view
That’s pretty cool! Great idea!
aug 30, 2025, 6:32 am • 0 0 • view
Libraries are under attack. They're letting you know how expensive it will be to read without them...
aug 30, 2025, 6:38 am • 0 0 • view
📕 💰
aug 30, 2025, 5:27 am • 1 0 • view
That is so amazing. I cannot even imagine how much mine would be. I could never afford my reading habit.
aug 29, 2025, 10:20 pm • 4 0 • view
Never hurts for the library to point out how much money they save you 🙂
aug 30, 2025, 2:25 am • 2 0 • view
Chicago Libraries are the bomb. You can even check out passes to the Museums. 😍
aug 30, 2025, 10:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Clever!
aug 29, 2025, 11:44 pm • 2 0 • view
Our library has been using this for quite a while and our patrons love it. Libraries are very valuable.
aug 29, 2025, 11:20 pm • 2 0 • view
Well, Pritzker. !
aug 29, 2025, 9:53 pm • 2 0 • view
And no books were burned...
aug 30, 2025, 12:38 am • 3 0 • view
That’s smart! Libraries are the way to go… check it out!
aug 29, 2025, 10:52 pm • 4 0 • view
I love this idea. I listen to audiobooks all the time — maybe 100 a year, and download them from the library. I’m feeling quite smug at the moment.
aug 29, 2025, 11:09 pm • 6 0 • view
Currently saving $28 by reading “Question 7” from Richard Flanagan, checked out from Orange County Library System. ✌️💙📚
aug 29, 2025, 9:40 pm • 4 0 • view
Mine will say, you saved $1k+ this year. Stop checking out audiobooks unless you are sure you will listen to them, lol
aug 30, 2025, 6:29 am • 0 0 • view
Cool
aug 30, 2025, 4:39 am • 1 0 • view
Our library does the same. I love seeing all the books I've read over the years. God save the library for the library will save us all.
aug 29, 2025, 11:52 pm • 2 0 • view
My library stopped late fees and so now I tend to keep books out past the due date&I I feel kind of bad about it. Most of the time.
aug 29, 2025, 9:32 pm • 3 0 • view
But I finish them!
aug 29, 2025, 9:41 pm • 3 0 • view
I know, right? I'm working my way thru the new bio of William F. Buckley Jr. (I KNOW, he's worse than I thought he was) and since it's new there are holds on it so I can't renew it. The book is REALLY good, worth a look. www.amazon.com/Buckley-Life...
aug 29, 2025, 11:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Tanenhaus’ book on Whittaker Chambers was good, too.
aug 30, 2025, 12:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Interesting. I have the Reagan book by Max Boot in my queue, but at 880 pgs, I keep skipping it. Reading Emily Dickinson’s Letters in the smallest font I’ve ever seen in a book, 500 pages, and because it’s ED there’s little to no punctuation!!! Thankfully, no one is waiting for me to finish.
aug 30, 2025, 12:05 pm • 0 0 • view
Two authors I really like are Garrett Graff who does oral histories of things like D-Day & the Atomic bomb and Patrick Radden Keefe who wrote Empire of Pain the ONLY book I've ever had to put down and take a walk cause I was so upset over what I was reading. The Sackler family is the absolute
aug 30, 2025, 6:39 pm • 1 0 • view
fucking WORST. They all need to be chained to fire hydrants so people can walk by and spit in their faces. But it is still a GREAT book, you just may need to take some breaks now and then and pet a dog or cat.
aug 30, 2025, 6:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes—I’ve read a few by Radden Keefe. “Rogues” and “Say Nothing” also very good. Think my favorites in the non-fiction category are Michael Lewis, Isabel Wilkerson, and Lawrence Wright.
aug 30, 2025, 7:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Not familiar with Graff as an author, but I recognize him from TV. 🤪
aug 30, 2025, 7:20 pm • 0 0 • view
I got into Graff clicking on C-Span 3 one afternoon and there he was blathering on about UFOs. OK, not blathering, but it pulled me in. His book was an interesting contrast to another of my fav authors Annie Wilkinson, whose most recent Nuclear War: A Scenario has left me unsettled.
aug 30, 2025, 11:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Lawrence Wright hmmm... This turned up on Amazon. www.amazon.com/dp/163424454...
aug 30, 2025, 11:08 pm • 0 0 • view
@libarbarian.bsky.social and @feistywaters.com , have you seen this? I know you’ve retired Peter, but I’m sure you still know people.
aug 30, 2025, 12:18 am • 2 0 • view
Hey, I only just retired 3 hours ago! We tried this years ago at SAPL but ended it for some reason. I'm not the biggest fan as it focuses entirely on the materials borrowed and doesn't acknowledge all the other value one gets from library use. Yes, perhaps slicing hairs.
aug 30, 2025, 2:28 am • 3 0 • view
Happy retirement!!!
aug 30, 2025, 2:55 am • 3 0 • view
Good point. It was an idea I’d never seen before, and I thought it was neat. Lay people, Man! Jump on every shiny object.
aug 30, 2025, 2:53 am • 0 0 • view
A very good idea for all libraries to adopt!
aug 30, 2025, 3:50 am • 1 0 • view
One.of the few reasons I'm proud to pay my taxes
aug 29, 2025, 10:31 pm • 2 0 • view
Our library has been doing this for years! Love it!
aug 29, 2025, 11:20 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 31, 2025, 1:48 am • 0 0 • view
My library does that too! ❤️
aug 29, 2025, 11:19 pm • 2 0 • view
I use Anna’s Archive!
aug 29, 2025, 8:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Many libraries have been doing that for years. Unfortunately, one paid attention until now when we are losing so much thanks to maga voters & politicians.
aug 29, 2025, 10:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Shoot, we've had free trips to our local zoo and science center through our library.
aug 29, 2025, 10:18 pm • 2 0 • view
When I worked in downtown Philly my regular visit to the Free Library of Philadelphia was a highlight of my week. But don't forget --support the authors too and cough up the actual $$ to own their books outright.
aug 29, 2025, 11:26 pm • 4 0 • view
They get paid when you use the library too (at least with e-books)
aug 30, 2025, 12:22 am • 4 0 • view
Ah--but I love a real book in my hands. I don't need much but I need my books. ☺️
aug 30, 2025, 12:54 am • 2 0 • view
Wow
aug 30, 2025, 1:38 am • 2 0 • view
This should motivate library lovers to donate whatever they can to their local library.
aug 29, 2025, 11:02 pm • 2 0 • view
aug 30, 2025, 12:14 am • 2 0 • view
Very cool!
aug 30, 2025, 9:17 pm • 0 0 • view
Libraries, what an amazing resource... reading what a wonderful peaceful experience, just you and your imagination. And yes recently I realised just how much I saved by using public libraries... ebooks and physical books... I should have joined years ago..
aug 30, 2025, 1:35 am • 5 0 • view
Hey, OCLS Florida, If any Orange County Library employees see this, consider it in the suggestion box. 👆🏾
aug 29, 2025, 11:32 pm • 5 0 • view
My library in Virginia has been doing this for a few years, and I love it!
aug 30, 2025, 1:38 am • 2 0 • view
Libraries are the bomb.
aug 29, 2025, 10:00 pm • 4 0 • view
Fabulous idea.
aug 29, 2025, 11:40 pm • 2 0 • view
😎
aug 29, 2025, 11:23 pm • 1 0 • view
I must be a billionaire as much as I’ve used CPL📚📚📖🤓
aug 29, 2025, 10:21 pm • 2 0 • view
It’s a wonder we still have libraries. They are lifelines to precious humanity and need to be protected 🦋
aug 30, 2025, 9:31 am • 0 0 • view
Excellent!
aug 30, 2025, 12:46 am • 2 0 • view
That’s pretty cool for them to do.
aug 29, 2025, 9:16 pm • 2 0 • view
I have the same statement on my receipt from my small town library in NC ☺️
aug 29, 2025, 9:19 pm • 2 0 • view
Our’s does this St Louis and it’s fantastic. My librarian always asks me how much I think I saved at check out so it’s like this little mini game we play.
aug 30, 2025, 2:32 am • 1 0 • view
My library does that too - it's a very nice thing.
aug 31, 2025, 1:07 am • 0 0 • view
Our library does that too! So Cool Mine carries garden seeds too which was a huge surprise I got my card in 🇨🇦on inauguration day, when I shut down meta 🫠
aug 31, 2025, 12:52 am • 0 0 • view