e-books
Looking for audio or e-books to borrow? Below are some of the many FREE sources to borrow audio books for your computer, mp3 player, or smartphone and e-books for your e-reader, tablet, or smartphone.
Get a C/W MARS card from the Beaman Memorial Library: Use your C/W MARS card to borrow audio and e-books from the digital catalog.
Get a BPL eCard: Massachusetts state residents are eligible to sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard via the web! BPL eCards are virtual library cards that allow users immediate access to all of Boston Public Library’s remotely-accessible electronic resources, including databases, downloadable audio, video, eBooks, and music. Click HERE to access the registration form.
The BPL has fabulous instructions on how access, download, and transfer e-resources to your device HERE. If you run into trouble, drop by the Media Center for help.
Free downloadable audio books- the audio book sources listed below offer free access to public domain titles (titles for which the copyright expired or has been forfeited):
Get a C/W MARS card from the Beaman Memorial Library: Use your C/W MARS card to borrow audio and e-books from the digital catalog.
Get a BPL eCard: Massachusetts state residents are eligible to sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard via the web! BPL eCards are virtual library cards that allow users immediate access to all of Boston Public Library’s remotely-accessible electronic resources, including databases, downloadable audio, video, eBooks, and music. Click HERE to access the registration form.
The BPL has fabulous instructions on how access, download, and transfer e-resources to your device HERE. If you run into trouble, drop by the Media Center for help.
Free downloadable audio books- the audio book sources listed below offer free access to public domain titles (titles for which the copyright expired or has been forfeited):
- LibriVox - Public domain books, poetry, and dramatic works read by volunteers.
- Project Gutenberg - Human read and computer generated audio books.
- FSI Language Courses- Collection of free, high-quality language learning materials developed by the United States Government under the auspices of the Foreign Service Institute.
- Project Gutenberg - Over 36,000 free public domain ebooks available to download to PC, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Android, or other portable device.
- ManyBooks - Over 29,000 free public domain titles; 35 languages represented.
- Open Library - A project of the non-profit Internet Archive. Over 1 million titles.
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