Digital Downloads
eAudiobooks
If you would like to download an audiobook to your mp3 player or your computer, start with OneClickdigital. (Use your Worcester Public Library card to log in.)
- OneClickdigital 2660+ e-audiobooks
You will need to create an accout to log in.
1. Getting Started video
2. For Mac users, see Mac instructions. - Don't have a player: Borrow Playaway, portable players with preloaded full length audiobooks
e-Books
If you would like to read a book on your Kindle, Nook, Sony, iPhone, iPad, Androit phone, other e-readers, smart phones or your computer, start with OverDrive. (Use your Worcester Public Library card to log in.)
- OverDrive 3000+ ebooks, eaudiobooks & evideo.
1. Instructions for ebooks:
all devices (Quick Guide)| Nook (screenshots)| Kindle(screenshots)
2. Instructions for MP3 Audiobooks
3. Frequently Asked Questions
4 . Guided Tour: online tutorials
5 . Help
- Freading:. Over 20,000 titles are available from a variety of small and independent publishers. Unlike OverDrive, Freading allows for unlimited number of simultaneous users. Each library user is allotted 4 tokens each week that can be used to download the books. Books range in token value from 4 to 1 token, with most newer titles being 4 tokens. All titles are compatible with most popular ereaders except regular Kindles. Ebooks can be checked out 14 days and be renewed once.
(Use your Worcester Public Library card to log in.) Freading FAQ.
- Don't have an ebook reader. Borrow Kindle or NookColor from the library.
e-Music
If you would like to download a song to your music player, please try Freegal. (Use your Worcester Public Library card to log in.)
- Freegal: (rhymes with "legal") a music download service, offers hundreds of thousands of songs in the Sony Music catalog. Login with your library card and your last name, you can download one song a week to your computer and then add the song to your personal music player. Read Freegal FAQ to get started.
Web-based eBooks
If you would like to listen to or read a book on your computer, choose Tumblebooks. (Use your Worcester Public Library card to log in.)
- TumbleBookLibrary:
- TumbleBookCloud:
- Infobase ebooks
- LearningExpressLibrary ebooks
- WorldBookOnline E-Books Center
access 150+ animated, talking picture books, 90 language learning books, 37 TumbleReadables, and 22 audio books for preschools and elementary schools.
access over 300 read-alongs and chapter books for middle schools and high schools
eReference Books
If you would like to do some research online, try: (Use your Worcester Public Library card to log in.)
Free eBooks and eAudiobooks
- Book should be free : free audio books
- lassic reader: free registration required
- DigitalBookIndex: 165,000 ebooks, etexts...
- eBooks@Adelaide: free web books
- Google Books: millions of books to preview or read
- Internet Archive: ebook, movies & music
- ManyBooks.net: over 26,000 titles
- Online Books Page
- Open Library
- Project Gutenberg: 33,000 ebooks for downloading
Updated on 1/5/2013

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