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Digital Books and Media

Check out these sources for eBooks, digital audiobooks, and other digital media!

Don’t have a library card yet? Apply online to receive a temporary Forbes Library card by mail that will provide access to online resources such as e-books, e-audio and databases.

Need help setting up your e-reader or downloading eBooks? Make an appointment with one of our Information Services librarians to get you started.

Free With BPL ECard

Hoopla is a service that partners with your local public library to bring you thousands of movies, television, ebooks, comics, and music titles for free. There are no costs or hassles. All you need is a library card and a web browser, phone, or tablet.

Provided by the Boston Public Library and available for free with a BPL eCard. Individuals who live in, own property in, or commute to work in Massachusetts may register for an eCard. Want help using this resource? Contact us.

Free for Northampton Residents

Watch over 26,000 films on Kanopy! Kanopy is a streaming movie service, like Netflix or Hulu. You can watch must-see classic films from The Criterion Collection, learn about every subject imaginable from The Great Courses and PBS or indulge in festival indie or world cinema sourced from award-winning filmmakers globally. Kanopy makes it easy to watch any time, to share and discuss films. Create a login, enter your CW MARS card number, and you are ready to watch!

Provided by Forbes Library and available remotely to Northampton residents with a CW MARS card. Want help using this resource? Contact us.

Free Anywhere

One web page for every book ever published. The World’s classic literature at your fingertips. Over 1,000,000 free ebook titles available. Open Library account holders can borrow an eBook from the growing collection of mainly 20th Century titles available now. Each title can be borrowed by one patron at once, and you can read it in a web browser or in Adobe Digital Editions as a PDF or ePub.

This is a librarian recommended website. Want help using this resource? Contact us.

Free With BPL ECard

PressReader lets you read colorful full-page reproductions of thousands of U.S. and international newspapers and magazines.

You can use PressReader in your web browser or in the iOS or Android app.

Provided by the Boston Public Library and available for free with a BPL eCard. Individuals who live in, own property in, or commute to work in Massachusetts may register for an eCard. Want help using this resource? Contact us.