eBooks
GRRL provides access to a eBooks from several sources:
Great River Digital Library with Overdrive provides:
- A new "My Help!" function that makes sorting out devices much easier! Or check out the regular Help section.
- Access for GRRL area residents* with a valid library card to downloadable eBooks for a variety of devices and computers.
- eBooks for all ages and listening interests
- New titles added regularly
- Project Gutenberg titles available in a separate OverDrive site
- Mobile site for phones and other connected mobile devices to download directly
* Residents of Benton, Morrison Sherburne, Stearns, Todd and Wright Counties are eligible for this service with a valid GRRL Library Card. All charges on a library card account must be paid before accessing the service. Credit card payment options are available.
ELM: The electronic library for Minnesota : (www.elm4you.org)
- Click the link above or type the address into your browser*
- Click the Content Type tab
- Select eBooks from the drop-down menu
- Click Go
- Click the eBook Collection link and start exploring!
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*If you are exploring from home, you will be asked for your GRRL library barcode and PIN number.
Other websites with free e-book access:
Baen Books - a publisher that offers some titles as free downloads
DigiLibraries - eBook source of free titles
- eReader IQ - specifically set up to help with Kindle
- eBookFling - an e-book swap site
Feedbooks - eBooks for sale, but also some free titles
- Inkmesh - a search engine for more than 30 sources of free e-books.
The Online Books Page - an index from the University of Pennsylvania libraries
If you are a reciprocal borrower at GRRL you will not be able to access eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks because of contract limitations with OverDrive. A number of Minnesota Library systems do offer eBook and/or eAudiobook services to their residents.
