Find Books to Download?

LIBRARY ON THE GO

The Helen Matthes Library is pleased to offer items for download on a variety of devices, including PCs, Macs, iPods, MP3 players, Kindles, and Nooks, to name a few. Items are located in LibraryOnTheGo, the portal to access downloadable material such as eBooks, audiobooks, music and videos.

Tutorials have been created to help walk you through the Library On the Go process of downloading e-materials.  Click on the appropriate link below for your device.  Please note that this service is available to Helen Matthes Library card holders only (scroll down for websites with free e-materials for everyone).

Tips for using your Kindle    Tips for using your Tablet or Smartphone    Tips for using your Nook

FREE E-MATERIALS FOR EVERYONE

For our reciprocal borrowers and anyone else looking for free and/or cheap e-materials, click on the links below for sites offering free eBooks, audiobooks and other e-materials.

Websites with free eBooks and audiobooks:

  •  LibriVox – Similar to Wikipedia, only with audiobooks, volunteers read and record books in the public domain.  They offer 4,000 audiobooks and 60-100 new titles are added each month.
  • Feedbooks – High-quality public domain fiction and nonfiction titles plus new authors in a variety of formats - ePub, PDF, MobiPocket/Kindle.  Nicely laid out site also lets readers leave or read reviews.
  • Pdfbooks – Classics and unpublished fiction and nonfiction in pdf and mobi-pdf format. Titles can be searched or browsed by author.