Pierce County Library has joined with nearly 200 library systems from the United States and Canada to demand greatly improved e-book services for the public. The libraries signed a joint statement, the ReadersFirst Initiative , calling for e-book providers to make it easier for you to download e-books and lift burdensome restrictions on what libraries can buy and offer to you. • ministère de la culture et de la communication, Paris, France • Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California • New York Public Library, New York, New York • Maricopa County Library District, Phoenix, AZ • County of Los Angeles Public Library, Downey, California • Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario • Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL. • Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York • Queens Library, Jamaica, New York • Houston Public Library, Houston, TX • Bibliotheque de Montreal, Montreal, QC • Philadelphia, the Free Library Of, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, AZ • Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California • King County Library System, Issaquah, Washington • San Diego Public Library, San Diego, California • Calgary Public Library, Calgary, Alberta • San Diego County Library, San Diego, California • Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT • San José Public Library, San José, CA • Pima County Public Library, Tucson, Arizona • Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte, North Carolina • Ottawa Public Library, Ottawa, Ontario • Memphis Public library, Memphis, TN • Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, Florida • Saint Louis County Library District, St. Louis, Missouri • Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio • Prince George's County Memorial Lib. Sys., Hyattsville, Maryland • San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California • Cincinnati and Hamilton County, the P.L. Of, Cincinnati, Ohio • Salt Lake County Library System, Salt Lake City, Utah • Austin Public Library, Austin, Texas • Edmonton Public Library, Edmonton, Alberta • DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur, Georgia • Monroe County Library System and Rochester Public Library, Rochester, New York • Mississauga Library System, Mississauga, Ontario • Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon • Winnipeg Public Library, Winnipeg, MB • Fraser Valley Regional Library, Abbotsford, British Columbia • Sno-Isle Libraries, Marysville, Washington • Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri • Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System, Albuquerque, New Mexico • Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, British Columbia • Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee • District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, District of Columbia • Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts • Seattle Public Library, The, Seattle, Washington • Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado • Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, Colorado • Pierce County Library System, Tacoma, Washington • Alameda County Library, Fremont, California • Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, Ontario • Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Nebraska • Surrey Libraries, Surrey, BC • Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Toledo, Ohio • Virginia Beach Public Library, Virginia Beach, Virginia • Vancouver Island Regional Library, Nanaimo, British Columbia • Santa Clara County Library, Los Gatos, California • Kent District Library, Comstock Park, MI • Richland County Public Library, Columbia, SC • Wichita Public Library, Wichita, Kansas • Pinal County Library District, Florence, AZ • Halifax Regional Library, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia • Arlington Public Library System, Arlington, Texas • Pioneer Library System, Norman, Oklahoma • New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana • Greater Victoria Public Library, Victoria, BC • Markham Public Library, Markham, Ontario • Vaughan Public Libraries, Vaughan, Ontario • Douglas County Libraries, Castle Rock, Colorado • Lincoln City Libraries, Lincoln, Nebraska • San Mateo County Library, San Mateo, CA • Durham County Library, Durham, North Carolina • Bibliotheque de Gatineau, Gatineau , QC • Spokane County Library District, Spokane, WA • Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, Pub. Lib. Of, Youngstown, Ohio • Madison Public Library, Madison, Wisconsin • Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener, ON • Saskatoon Public Library, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan • Arlington (VA) Public Library , Arlington, VA • Spokane Public Library, Spokane, WA • Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, Missouri • Tacoma Public Library, Tacoma, WA • Regina Public Library, Regina, SK • Providence Public Library, Providence, Rhode Island • Berkeley County Library System, Moncks Corner, SC • Ipswich Library & Information Service, Ipswich, QLD • Burlington Public Library, Burlington, Ontario • Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, Kansas • Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR • Massanutten Regional Library, Harrisonburg, VA • Barrie Public Library, Barrie, Ontario • Cambridge Libraries and Galleries, Cambridge, ON • Coquitlam Public Library, Coquitlam, BC • Hartford Public Library, Hartford, CT • Whitby Public Library, Whitby, Ontario • Thunder Bay Public Library, Thunder Bay, ON • Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, Christiansburg, VA • Boulder Public Library, Boulder, Colorado • Orangeburg County Library, Orangeburg, SC • Clifton Public Library, Clifton, NJ • Bibliothèque de Brossard, Brossard, Quebec • Cape May County Library, Cape May Court House, NJ • Allegany County Library System, Cumberland, MD • West Bloomfield Township Public Library, West Bloomfield, Michigan • Greenwood County Library System, Greenwood, SC • Skokie Public Library, Skokie, Illinois • Georgetown County Library, Georgetown, SC • Washington County Public Library, Abingdon , VA • Parsippany Library, Parsippany , NJ • Casa Grande Public Library, Casa Grande, AZ • Downers Grove Public Library, Downers Grove, IL • Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen, MA • Culpeper County Library, Culpeper, VA • Colleton County Memorial Library, Walterboro, South Carolina • Samuels Public Library, Front Royal, VA • Princeton Public Library, Princeton, New Jersey • Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover, MA • Salem Public Library, Salem, VA • Roxbury Public Library, Succasunna, NJ • Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, MA • Whippanong Library, Whippany, NJ • John Curtis Free library, Hanover, MA • Lincoln Park Public Library, Lincoln Park, NJ • Hanson Public Library, Hanson,, Ma. • Chester Library, Chester, NJ • Butler Public Library, Butler, NJ • Paul Pratt Memorial Library, Cohasset, MA • Dighton Public Library, Dighton, MA • Mendham Township Library , Brookside, NJ • Joseph H Plumb Memorial Library, Rochester, MA • Riverdale Public Library, Riverdale , NJ • Kemmerer Library Harding Township, New Vernon, NJ • Peninsula Library and Historical Society, Peninsula, Ohio • Wales Public Library, Wales, MA • Avalon Free Public Library, Avalon, NJ • Califa Library Group, San Mateo, California • Canadian Urban Libraries Council, Toronto, Ontario • CCS - Cooperative Computer Services, Arlington Heights, IL • DPLA Steering Committee, Cambridge, MA • Calvert Library, Prince Frederick, MD • Burnaby Public Library, Burnaby , BC • St. Mary's County Library, Leonardtown, MD • Maryland Public Libraries (Maryland Association of Public Library Administrators), Rockville, MD • northborough free library, northborough, ma • Richland County Public Library, Columbia, South Carolina • LION (Libraries Online Inc. Consortium), Middletown, CT • Essex Library Association, Essex, CT • Jefferson County Public Library, Lakewood, CO • Brentwood Public Library, St Louis, MO • Municipal Library Consortium, St Louis, MO • Washoe County Library, Reno, NV • Warren Public Library, Warren, MI • William K. Sanford Town Library, Loudonville, NY • Middletown Township Public Library, Middletown, NJ • Pierce County Library, Tacoma, wa • Tulsa City-County Library, Tulsa, Oklahoma • Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT • Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Western Springs, IL • Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin • Internet Archive, San Francisco, California • Manlius Library, Manlius, NY • SIMSBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY, SIMSBURY, CT • Hamden Public Library, Hamden, CT • Connecticut Library Association, Middletown, CT • Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS), Burr Ridge, IL • Waterford Public Library, Waterford, CT • New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven, CT • Canterbury Public Library, Canterbury, CT • The Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, MI • Fairbanks North Star Borough Library, Fairbanks, AK • Ketchikan Public Library, Ketchikan, AK • Hinsdale Public Library, Hinsdale, IL • Kettleson Memorial Library, Sitka, AK • Anchorage Public Library, Anchorage, AK • Mid York Library System, Utica, NY • Orangeburg County Library, Orangeburg, SC • Montgomery County Public Libraries, Rockville, MD • Boise Public Library, Boise, ID • Plainfield Public Library District, Plainfield, IL • East Dubuque District Library , East Dubuque, IL • Moraine Valley Community College Library, Palos Hills, IL • Palos Park Public Library, Palos Park, IL • Oak Lawn Public Library, Oak Lawn, IL • State Library of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia • Helen M. Plum Memorial Public Library District, Lombard, IL • Addison Public Library, Addsion, IL • Alaska State Library, Juneau, AK • Russell Library, Middletown, CT • Woodridge Public Library, Woodridge, IL • Wallingford Public Library, Wallingford, CT • Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, Las Vegas, NV .