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 Local Author Collection          

The Aurora Public Library’s Local Author collection is designed to promote a reading culture in Aurora and to support the local arts community.


 

This is a donation-based collection. To donate your work to the library please:
1.    Complete the Local Author Donation Form here and submit it with your work
2.    Be an Illinois resident
 

Helpful Links for Local Authors

A suite of resources available to everyone Illinois for free. It allows authors to design and export your own e-book using Pressbooks software. Once you share your e-book you can submit it for inclusion in:

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You can also access inkie.org to read the works created by independently published authors using the Biblioboard website.
·       No holds
·       No checkout limits
·       No borrow limits

Loan Periods and Late Charges

Type of Material

Loan Period

Renewals

Fine

Maximum Fines

New FictionAdult Books

 2 weeks

1

 $0.25/day

$5.00

DVDs

1 week

1

 $0.50/day

$5.00

Video Games

1 week

1

 $0.50/day

$5.00

Adult Books and Audio Books

4 weeks

2

 $0.25/day

$5.00

Teen Books and Audio Books

4 weeks

2

 $0.25/day

$5.00

Juvenile Books and Audio Books

4 weeks

2

No fines

Customers will be charged for replacement if items are not renewed or returned.

$5.00

Magazines (current issues do not circulate)

4 weeks

2

 $0.25/day

$5.00

Music CDs

4 weeks

2

 $0.25/day

$5.00

Sheet Music

8 weeks

2

 $0.25/day

$5.00

Gadgets

May vary

May vary

 $5.00/day

$5.00

Fishing Poles

1 week

1

 No fines

none

Marketplace Books

2 weeks

1

 $0.25/day

$5.00

Marketplace DVDs

1 week

0

 $0.25/day

$5.00

Circulating Tote Bags

4 weeks

2

 $0.25/day

$5.00

Interlibrary Loan Books and CDs

3 weeks

0

 $0.25/day

$5.00

Interlibrary Loan DVDs

1 week

0

 $.50/day

$5.00

*Bookmobile loan periods, limits and fines may be different.