There's an eBook for everyone!

Interactive books for children

 

	Watch a video, read a book online, learn new things and play games on Scholastic BookFLIX. This online literacy resource pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction learning.
	TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking, picture books will teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. The Language Learning Section includes a growing selection of books in Spanish and French, many bilingual.

 

 

 

 

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eBooks for adults, teens, and children

With the 3M Cloud Library, you can download eBooks directly to your PC (requires Windows XP or newer), Android, and Apple devices. A Mac app is currently in development. You'll need your library barcode, pin number, and Internet access to use it. Forgot your pin? Just enter your library barcode here and an email with resetting instructions will be sent to you. If you haven't set it up, just enter your library barcode here and click submit leaving the pin field empty. You'll be taken to a screen to set one up.

Supported eReaders	3M eReader - available for checkout! Android devices iPads iPhones iPod Touch Kobo Reader Literati Reader	Nooks Sony eReader (older models only, not the PRS-T1) Kindle Fire (not supported, but there is a work around) *Kindles are not currently supported. For more information on this issue, please read below.
Loan Rules	eBooks: Check out for 14 days and up to 5 at one time No renewals, but you can check the same title out again once it has been returned- it will even remember your notes & bookmarks! Can return an eBook early No fines! eBooks expire on their due date. Up to 5 eBooks can be on hold at the same time You have 3 days to check out an eBook that has been held for you If you have an eBook on hold, check the app's Message Center regularly for notification when it's ready.      eReaders: Check out for 14 days $2 per day overdue fine Can place holds Can renew once	Stop by the 2nd floor 3M Discovery Station to browse our eBook collection!

Need a step-by-step guide for using the PC app?

We have instructions in a printable format. Or you can even make an appointment to sit down with a librarian for some one-on-one training! Just call the Adult Services Desk at (630)458-3318 to book your librarian.

How do I transfer an eBook from my PC to my eReader?



Why isn't the eBook I want available?

Unfortunately, libraries are at the mercy of publishers and content providers (such as Overdrive and 3M) when it comes to eBooks. In most cases, libraries are allowed only to license the content of an eBook for a certain period, we are not buying eBooks in the way that libraries have traditionally purchased physical books for our collections. This means some publishers may require libraries to “repurchase” those titles over and over in order to continue making them available if the library changes vendors or platforms.

Another challenge is that publishers, fearful of declining profits, have not made library lending of eBooks easy, and in some cases they’ve made it impossible. Macmillan and Simon & Schuster do not lend eBooks or make them available to libraries. Hachette doesn’t allow new books to be borrowed. Harper Collins requires libraries to buy a new copy after an eBook has been borrowed 26 times. Penguin stopped providing “front list” or new titles to libraries late last year and earlier this year announced they were severing their ties completely with Overdrive. Penguin is currently beta testing circulating their eBooks using the 3M Cloud Library, but only at two libraries. Currently, Random House is one of the only major publishers to offer unrestricted access to its eBooks through libraries and we’ve been told to expect a major price hike in their eBook offerings this year. This is an issue that is changing literally by the day. Some news reports suggest that Penguin (and perhaps other publishers) are skittish when it comes to eBooks not with libraries in particular, but with OverDrive, Amazon, and their current model of lending. You may have heard about a Justice Department lawsuit filed in April that accused five major publishing houses of conspiring with Apple to fix the price of e-books.  Denying the charges against them, some of the publishers are pointing the finger instead at Amazon.  The friction that exists between Amazon and publishers will likely continue to make loaning eBooks particularly for the Kindle especially challenging, but we, both on the local level and on a national or even international level through organizations such as the American Library Association, will continue our efforts to work with publishers to find a workable model for eBook lending.

We believe that, although not available for all Kindle users, the 3M Cloud Library is the best option for us to provide eBook content to our users at this time.  We know that 3M is committed to finding a way to work with Amazon in order to deliver their content to Kindle users and we are optimistic that they will make this happen soon. 
 

Why can't everyone check out the same eBook at the same time?

Publishers place restrictions on the eBooks we license so we have to buy multiple copies just like we would a print book. And that quickly gets expensive. For examples, check out this comparison price chart put together by Douglas County Library in Colorado.