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Bookmobile rolls into South Florida on Wednesday and Saturday

By Doreen Christensen November 11, 2012 06:35 AM

The Digital Bookmobile rolls into South Florida this week, offering hands-on instruction on how to download free e-books from the library.

Get onboard the 74-foot-long tricked-out truck and get hand-on lessons in the gadgets gallery, which features al lthe best-selling smartphones, tablets and e-readers using the Overdrive application for digital devices used by most libraries.

The Bookmobile will be at the Parkland Library, 6620 University Drive in Parkland from 1 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.

and at the Southwest Regional Library at 16835 Sheridan Street, Pembroke Pines from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

Click here for more info.

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Doreen Christensen has never paid full price for anything. If there is a way to save on something, she will find it and share how you can save, too. Doreen is a senior reporter covering consumer news, health, beauty and features for the online and print editions of the Sun Sentinel. A 32-year veteran of the newspaper, she previously was a senior copy editor on the universal copy desk. Doreen spends her time off hunting bargains, clipping coupons, gardening and traveling.

Justine Griffin covers retail and marine business for the Sun Sentinel. She is a Tampa Bay native who graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2010. After spending a year covering crime in St. Augustine, Fla., she moved to Fort Lauderdale and made the switch to business journalism. When she’s not writing, she’s riding horses and spending time with her whippet puppy, Josie.

Marcia Heroux Pounds is the Sun Sentinel's workplace columnist when she's not shopping for shoes. She also writes about small business, which allows her to visit many of South Florida's unique shops and boutiques.

Bookmobile rolls into South Florida on Wednesday and Saturday

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