eBook Downloads
Download eBooks
(through our partner Indiana Digital Media)
Download FREE eBooks and read them on your PC, Mac, laptop, pocket PC, Sony Reader, Kobo eReader, PanDigital Novel, Barnes & Noble nook, Kindle and Literati Reader with more coming soon. It's quick, easy and you can do it anytime! You can access this content 24 hours a days, seven days a week.
- Quickstart Guide for Audiobooks and eBooks
- Guided Tour
- OverDrive's Device Resource Center
- Help from OverDrive
- If you need assistance, when we are open call 349-3228 or use Reference Chat or you can send an email any time.
- Sign up for a 1 Hour One on One Help Session
Check out Information
- Check out—7 or 14 days. Adobe ebooks (PDF and EPUB) can be returned early, but Mobipocket books cannot. A list of your checked out downloads will only display in your account on the Indiana Digital Media site. There is a limit of ten titles at a time.
- Renewals—There are no renewals; you simply check out the item again.
- Holds—You have 48 hours to respond once a held item is available. Holds notices are only sent via email and will only display in your account on the Indiana Digital Media site.
- Fines—There are no fines; the files simply expire.
- Timing Out—When browsing for new titles, be aware that items will only sit in your cart for 30 minutes before the session times out.
- Library Card and PIN Requirement—You must have a valid library card and PIN to download an Indiana Digital Media eBook.
Free Public Domain Titles
Indiana Digital Media has over 15,000 titles at Additional eBooks that never expire and don't count against your library checkout limit. Also see Project Gutenberg with over 33,000 free titles (many titles in formats other than Adobe Digital Editions). In addition to the library’s Kindle titles available via Indiana Digital Media, Kindle users can access free eBooks through Amazon's Kindle Store.
Other free sources of ebooks:
- Baen Books—Science fiction and fantasy
- epubBooks—Classic literature
- bookboon.com—Textbooks
- Bookyard—"Library of the World"
- California Free Digital Textbook Initiative FlexBooks—K–12 textbooks
- CARL Digital Library Collection—Military manuals and books
- Connexions—A place to view and share educational material
- eBooks@Adelaide—Literature for the ages via the University of Adelaide
- feedbooks—Public domain and original titles
- getfreeēbooks—Public domain literature
- Girl ebooks—Original ebooks by women
- Open Library—an open, editable library catalog
- lendle—lend and borrow Kindle™ books
Software Requirements
For most platforms:
For Android, iPhone, and iPad:
Other Information
- A group of Indiana public libraries purchase individual eBook titles but share the entire collection through Indiana Digital Media's site.
- All the eBook titles are purchased from OverDrive.
