E-books quick start guides

e-booksToday our new e-books are available for you to borrow.

Click the download e-books / audiobooks button on our home page to go to our OverDrive site and browse the available titles. 

Quick start guides are here, covering what to install and how to check out and download your books on Android, Kindle/Kindle Mobile, iPad/iPod/iPhone, and Nook.

Want more e-books?  Okay!  This page lists other kinds of e-books you can get with your library card.  Borrow from Open Library, sample local authors' works, or download PDF copies of up-to-date legal books and test prep books.

Changes in fines and fees

bring 'em back
Starting Saturday, September 15, these will be the late fines for items returned after the due date:

  • 25 cents a day on all items other than DVDs
  • $1 a day on DVDs
  • $10 maximum late fine per item

Also, there will be a change to the policy on unpaid fines and fees.   A patron whose library account has $5 or more in fines and fees will not be able to use Library services until the amount owed is lower than $5.

Smoke Signals

On August 14, 2010, the Healdsburg Post Office burned in a spectacular fire. 22 Engine companies from Healdsburg and all over the North Coast responded. Photographer Austin Brewin and local Healdsburg columnist and photographer Ray Holley captured the drama. The fire came after a rancorous public debate about moving the Post Office from this favored downtown site.
 

Photographs by Brewin and Holley will be on display at the Healdsburg Library through August 31. 

Tax forms and tax help

Tax helpTax forms are starting to arrive at the libraries, but we are still awaiting 1040 forms and instructions.  Update February 10: 1040 forms and instructions have started to arrive!  Check with your local library branch to find out if they have them yet.  You can always visit the Tax Forms & Information section on our website for links to download Federal and State tax forms.

Free help with your taxes is available at selected libraries and other locations in Sonoma County, now till April.  Find links to the schedules in our Tax Forms & Information section.