Downloadable Media

Downloadable Audiobooks, eBooks, and Videos

Overdrive
Jacksonville Public Library is proud to announce the arrival of Downloadable AudioBooks, eBooks, and Videos for your enjoyment. Now with a valid library card you can browse and search hundreds of great titles and download them to your computer, transfer them to a portable device, or burn onto a CD for your listening pleasure anywhere, anytime. Try it, it's easy!

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Electronic Books (eBooks)

NetLibrary eBook Checkout
(Remote Access Available)*
NetLibrary helps academic, public, corporate and special libraries create a richer, more productive learning environment for their patrons. Combines the time-honored traditions of the library system with electronic publishing and offers an easy-to-use information and retrieval system for accessing reference, scholarly, and professional books. Nearly 3,500 texts are available.

NOTE:
1. The NetLibrary eBook Collection requires that users create their free account on a JPL public computer. Once their free account is created at a JPL public computer, users are then able to access their account from any computer. Click here to find your nearest library branch.

To create an account for NetLibrary, visit the resource, click on "Create a Free Account" (located in top right corner) and follow the guidelines.

For further assistance, please view the Help files that accompany each collection, or you may contact us and select Website Questions.

2. eReader Device and Reading Offline Software Requirements
Email Book Preview
Join our Online Book Clubs and start reading books in your email. Each day we'll send you a 5-minute portion of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. If you'd like to finish a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy. Every week we feature new books. Sign up today and start reading tomorrow.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works. It is the largest collection of free electronic books (eBooks) in the world. Most texts are public domain items, such as Shakespeare, classic Greco-Roman texts, and more.