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  •  You can browse the collection in the following ways:

    Guides by Device

    Print-Out Instructions by Device Video Instructions
    audio books (for transfer to iPod or MP3 player)  
    eBooks for Kindle Paperwhite, Touch or Keyboard
    eBooks on NOOK Simple Touch, Sony or Kobo
    eBook Overdrive app (for any device that can download apps such as Kindle Fire, iPad/iPhone, NOOK Color/Tablet/HD and Android Devices)

    Quick Reference

    Audio book circulation -- default loan period is 7 days (maximum is 14 days)
    eBook circulation -- default loan period is 7 days (maximum is 14 days)
    Movie circulation -- default loan period is 3 days (maximum is 7 days)
    Music circulation -- default loan period is 3 days (maximum is 7 days)
    Patrons can have up to 5 digital titles on hold at one time
    Patrons have 72 hours to check out a title for which they have received email notice
    Patrons can place up to 5 digital titles in their cart at one time
    Titles stay in a patron's cart for 30-minutes before returning to general circulation
    Patrons can have up to 5 digital titles checked out at one time
    There are no overdue fees on digital downloads, access to the title simply expires.
    Checked out cannot be renewed, but you can check them out again if available.

    Can't get enough?  Want more eBooks?

    Beyond our current collection there are a variety of no-cost/low-cost alternatives for finding eBooks.  Some of our favorites include:

    • Munseys offers 20,000 titles in 12 formats. The proper choice for Kindles, Nooks and Sony Readers are explicitly identified. Titles can be found by searching author, title or tags. Lots of books have tags, most don’t. You can also browse by category. To find the categories when you are on the main page, scroll down to a red box with 39 categories. Munseys’ e-book collection has many titles found in the other collections below. However, the “pulp fiction” and “orient express” seem unique to me. Tip: When downloading a title, first click “Select One” to choose the desired format, then click “download.”
    • Palimpsest Online provides high-quality pdf titles by over 70 authors. Titles are mostly European and American serious novels, but also include the King James Bible, plays, poetry, fables, epic sagas, philosophy and histories. Extensive collection of P.G. Wodehouse titles. The numbers "6X9" refers to 6 inches by 9 inches. The other size is "3X5" for 3 inches by 5 inches.
    • Feedbooks provides high-quality titles in a variety of formats: ePub, PDF, MobiPocket/Kindle. This site contains: Public domain classic fiction and nonfiction titles can be browsed by 30 categories or 600 authors; and titles by new authors.
    • Manybooks provides thousands of Project Gutenberg ebooks in dozens of formats including PDF, ePub, Kindle, Sony Reader, etc. The site offers search, advanced searching and browsing by author, title and over 60 genres.
    • PDFBooks offers classics and unpublished fiction and nonfiction in pdf format. Titles can be searched or browsed by author. The Web page for each title gives a description and table of contents.
    • DigitalBookIndex offers an extensive list of nonfiction in pdf, ePub and even Kindle formats mixed with Web books and even some subscription titles. Search by author or title or browse by subject. Contains a special American studies section.

    • Directory of ebook publishers lists over 30 publishers selling new ebooks for $1.50 to $10 with a median price of $4.50.