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eBooks, AudioBooks, Music and Magazines at Hartford Public Library are available 24-7, whenever you’re online. Our digital collection includes electronic books, music, audiobooks and magazines that you can check out to use on your computer or portable device. Before you are able to use these materials on some devices, you may need to download software that allows your computer or device to correctly process the files. Please note in order to download ebooks, audiobooks, music and magazines you must have a full-service Hartford Public Library card.
Important Apps:
The SimplyE App is the Connecticut State Library’s statewide library eBook platform.
Access ALL of HPL's e-books and e-audiobooks through one app. Just use your library card number and pin to login.
Available on Apple and Android devices.
Need help getting started? Click here to access the state library's eGO page.
Hartford Public Library App: The Hartford Public Library App, available on Android and Apple devices, allows you to browse our collections, place holds, and download ebooks and eaudiobooks.
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Axis 360
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!
HPL’s Axis 360, Connecting You To Greater Resources 24/7
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Overdrive
Borrow eBooks and audiobooks from your library using OverDrive on your mobile devices.
Read thousands of e-books and audiobooks for free
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Log in with your Library card, then create an OverDrive account to borrow e-books and audiobooks
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Download the Libby app for iOS, Android and Windows to borrow, read and listen to digital books
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You can also read or listen to books on eReaders (including Kindle and Kobo), most desktop or laptop computers, and other devices
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Borrow books for 14 days
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Checkouts expire automatically
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RBDigital
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.
Please Note: If you haven't used RBdigital since November 2019 you will be asked to provide your library card number and pin in addition to your user name and password
(Please click here if you are having issues with the RBdigital app.)
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Biblioboard
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!
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Freegal
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 5 songs per week, and stream 24 hours daily.
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Kanopy Streaming Service
Kanopy is a streaming video service that offers critically-acclaimed movies, documentaries, and foreign films.
Watch 5 movies per month AND stream the entire Kanopy Kids library!
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Learn Something New with The Great Courses collection
The Great Courses Library Collection is the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment, with hundreds of courses spanning thousands of in-depth video lectures on subjects like Science, Health & Wellness, and much more.
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Movies, TV series, and Concerts through RBDigital
HPL provides you with access to Acorn TV, IndieFlix, and Qello Concerts. Cardholders are limited to two licenses 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.
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