County residents save millions at the library. The Power of Sharing
 
Brett Egbert
“We cancelled our Spotify, and we’re doing Freegal, which gets us a couple of downloads so we actually own music.” – Brett Egbert, Sumas

FREEGAL MUSIC

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Carmen Fraser
“You can check out anything from a ukulele to a voltmeter. You can check out puzzles and games.” – Carmen Fraser, Deming

LIBRARY OF THINGS

In 2024, over 59,000 cardholders checked out 2.1 million library items.
If they had purchased those items themselves, they would have spent more than $42 million.* With nearly 700,000 items in the library collection – including physical and digital copies of books, magazines, movies, games and more – it makes sense to have a library card.  

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ALL THIS AND BOOKS TOO!

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Book Buzz: Supersonic

Supersonic by Thomas Kohnstamm A born-and-raised Seattleite, author Thomas Kohnstamm nails the Seattle ethos in his sprawling, funny and deeply human third novel, “Supersonic.” Shuttling between the late 1800s, the 1970s and 2014, “Supersonic” looks at the various inhabitants of a hillside community overlooking Seattle: the cynics, dreamers, schemers, strivers, bumblers, industrialists and idealists among them.  … Read more

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*Assuming median value of items to be $20