The Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library will hold their Spring Used Book Sale Wednesday, May 16th through Sunday, May 20th in the library's Multipurpose Room. The Multipurpose Room will be filled with approximately 30,000 gently-used books in all categories. In addition to  some specially priced higher quality books, most hardcover, large softcover and trade paperbacks are $1. Children's books and paperbacks are $.50. DVDs, books on CD, and VHS tapes are also for sale.

Pre-Sale for Friends members only is Wednesday, 5:30-8:00 p.m.
(Memberships are sold at the door.)
General Sale is Thursday, 10:00-8:00 p.m. and Friday, 10:00-4:30 p.m.
Half-Price Sale is Saturday, 10:00-4:30 p.m., $5 Bag Sale is Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
All proceeds benefit the library. For more information, call 248-650-7178.

Shop at Barnes & Noble on Rochester Road this Friday, May 11, and a percentage of your purchase will support Teen Services here at RHPL! Get your hand stamped starting at 5 pm. Neal Shusterman, author of popular teen books, will speak and sign books starting at 7 pm. Can't make it in person? Visit BN.COM/bookfairs to support us online from May 11 until May 17 by entering Bookfair ID 10764967 at checkout.

Loyal Value Line Investment customers have been visiting the library for years to access Value Line print reports, which include Value Line's highly-regarded "Timeliness" and "Safety" rankings. Now those same reports are available 24/7 to RHPL library card holders from any location with Internet access. To access The Value Line Investment Research Center Online and other business resources visit our Premium Online Resources page.

Drop-in eBooks, Audiobooks & Music Help Sessions
Mondays, 3:30-5 p.m. & Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m.

Having trouble getting started with downloadable books and audio? Visit our eBooks and Downloads page for more information or stop by the Adult Services Reference Desk on the 2nd floor during one of our drop-in help sessions. Tech volunteers will be offering one-on-one help setting up and using digital books and music from the library on Mondays from 3:30-5 p.m. and Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m. No registration required.

We are excited to introduce our two newest downloadable services, Freegal and Freading. Freegal is an exciting online service  filled with over 3 million songs from the Sony and IODA music catalogs. The best part about this service is that all songs in Freegal are available all the time and the downloaded songs are yours to keep forever! Each library cardholder is entitled to three song downloads per week. To get started, click here or visit our eBooks & Downloads page. Enter your library card number and password and then browse Freegal's collection to find your three free songs for the week.

Freading is an always available ebook store. Library cardholders receive four tokens per week to download books. Each book costs one, two or four tokens and can be renewed after the initial two week check out period for a lesser token price. Books downloaded from Freading are in the EPUB and PDF format and are compatible with most devices (except Kindles). To get started, click here and log in with your library card number and pin. Visit our eBooks & Downloads page for more information.

Have you welcomed a new baby in 2011 or 2012? RHPL families with infants born in 2011 or 2012 are invited to join "Raise a Reader Month-by-Month." This early literacy program funded by a PNC Foundation grant will provide families with a new book and information about literacy every month. It is never too early to start raising a reader! For more information, please visit the Youth Desk or contact our early childhood specialist at 248-650-7146.

You can save money by using the library. Use our Library Services Value Calculator and find out how much! How many books did you check out this month? How about DVDs? Do you use our computers? Has one of our reference librarians helped you find something that you needed? We hope you find our services valuable and appreciate your use of the Rochester Hills Public Library.