E-Books

Through Axis 360 you can download e-books from the Library's collection that can be viewed on your computer or a mobile device. There are never overdue books or late fees; titles automatically return to the Library's collection after 7 or 14 days. Start browsing our collection here!

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E-Books, E-audiobooks, and E-Magazines

Access e-books (smaller selection than OverDrive), e-audiobooks, and e-magazines through RB Digital. Titles may be used on a variety of devices. One user account will give you access to all three formats.

E-Books, Images, and Videos

Enjoy digital books, images, videos and more from libraries, artists, authors and others from your community and around the world. BiblioBoard offers exciting new fiction, popular comic books, award-winning videos, colorful children's books and more!

Music

Freegal Music is a download music service that the Hartford Public Library offers, free of charge, for use by library cardholders. Every library cardholder can download 3 songs per week, and stream up to 3 hours per day.

Movies, TV shows (incluyendo telenovelas), and Concerts

HPL now provides you with access to Acorn TV, IndieFlix, Pongalo, and Qello Concerts. Cardholders are limited to one license per week. Each license allows you to watch as much as you like, of the service you have selected, during that week. 

Acorn TV provides world-class mysteries, dramas, and comedies from Britain and beyond.

IndieFlix allows you to stream movies and classic TV.

Qello Concerts offers full-length concerts and music documentaries. There are over 1,500 of the most amazing live moments in music.

Pongalo tiene telenovelas en español y películas traducidas. (Pongalo has Spanish-language telenovelas and translated movies.)