W hether youre a hardcore bibliophile who devours every e-book they come across, or a casual reader who prefers Kindle and ...

"I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card," former librarian and former first lady Laura Bush once said.

Public libraries pay three times as much as a regular consumer would for e-books -- and they don't even get to keep them.

The Mid-Continent Public Library serves nearly 850,000 people who live in Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties. The library said ...