The Palace Project
Content: eBooks and digital audiobooks from our Libby collection, plus content exclusive to Palace, including a collection of audiobooks from Audible and an always available audiobook collection
Compatible Devices: iOS and Android devices
Checkout Limits: Titles check out for 7, 14, or 21 days depending on the distributer.
Libby
Content: eBooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines
Compatible Devices: iOS and Android devices, computers, eReaders, and more. See a full list of compatible devices and how to get started.
Checkout Limits: Up to ten titles at a time for 7, 14, or 21 days (default is 14 days; change at checkout or in settings)
hoopla Digital
Content: eBooks, digital audiobooks, movies, TV shows, music, comics, and more
Compatible Devices: iOS and Android devices, computers, and more. See the hoopla FAQs and click Supported Devices to see information on how to get started with all compatible devices.
Checkout Limits: Up to five titles per month. Check out eBooks, comics, and digital audiobooks for 21 days; music for 7 days, and movies and TV shows for 3 days
Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library
Content: eBooks, audiobooks, and videos relevant to Deaf culture available through Libby. Use your St. Mary’s County Library card to login (select Southern Maryland Regional Library on the login screen).
Compatible Devices: iOS and Android devices, computers, eReaders, and more. See a full list of compatible devices and how to get started.
Checkout Limits: Up to three titles at a time for 7, 14, or 21 days at a time (select at checkout or in settings)
More Resources for eBooks and Audiobooks Online
- Internet Archive’s Open Library
- Baen Publishing
Free Science Fiction and Fantasy titles in electronic format. Read the titles online or download the books in one of several formats, including Nook and Kindle compatible formats. - Digital Public Library of America
DPLA’s collection of free eBooks on a variety of subjects. - Google Books
Search and browse books online. Download a PDF copy of public domain book. Download Google eBooks app for Android or iPhone/iPad to read Google eBooks on your phone. - HathiTrust
A large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via the Google Books project and Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries. - International Children’s Digital Library
A digital library of outstanding children’s books from all over the world. - Just Free Books
Searches more than 700 websites to find all sorts of free books: public domain texts, open books, free audio books, ad-supported books and more. - MetPublications
Offers 448 quality art books for free downloading (or free browsing online). - Online Books Page
Links to more than one million texts that are freely readable over the Internet. - Project Gutenberg
More than 36,000 free eBooks to download to your PC, Kindle, Android, iOS or other portable device. Choose ePub, Kindle, HTML, or simple text formats.
