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Find eBooks to download and read on your device.
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eBooks, Audiobooks, and Magazines on OverDrive
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Get tips for reading eBooks from your library. Find out about new features and other changes.
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Borrowing FAQs
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A full-access King County Library System (KCLS) library card in good standing may borrow:
All items except downloads Maximum of 100 items OverDrive eBooks and downloadable audiobooks 25 items OverDrive magazines No checkout limits hoopla digital music, movies, TV, and comics 10 items per month Kanopy streaming movies 10 tickets per month. No holds. Learn more about Kanopy tickets. KCLS is not responsible for damage to equipment that occurs while using library-owned material.
Patrons who have reached the maximum number of physical checkouts are not able to log in or borrow items from OverDrive or hoopla.
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No. Magazines do not count toward checkout limits.
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Yes. You will have the option to renew a magazine within 3 days of the end of the lending period. Or you could borrow it again with no waiting.Â
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When we buy an eBook or downloadable audiobook, we are buying a license to lend the title. We don't own the file the way we own physical items. Every publisher or content owner sets different restrictions for their licenses.
eBooks and audiobooks are available to us in two ways.
- One copy per user. Many publishers limit the library to lending each digital "copy" to one person at a time. This is why you need to place holds on digital titles.
- Metered Access. Some publishers limit the library to lending copies that expire at the end of a loan period. The publisher sets the loan period. They decide if titles expire after a period of time, a number of checkouts, or both. For example, some copies expire after 26 checkouts. Others expire after 52 checkouts or 24 months. When a title expires, we need to buy more copies to continue to make the title available to library users.
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Borrowing periods vary by service. Please visit How long can I borrow items for?, opens a new window
OverDrive eBooks
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The checkout process varies by device.
Don’t see your device listed here? Please visit the OverDrive help site, opens a new window for more instructions or contact Ask KCLS for help.
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Some Kindle titles are exclusive to Amazon and not available through Overdrive. We purchase Kindle editions whenever possible. If a Kindle edition is available through Amazon, we can submit a request to OverDrive. This does not guarantee that we'll be able to add the Kindle edition.
Please contact Ask KCLS if there is a Kindle edition showing on Amazon.com.
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eBook and audiobook rights are subject to separate publishing agreements that do not always match the print publishing agreements.
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If you’re looking for a specific digital title that we do not have, you can use a Notify Me tag, opens a new window in Libby. Notify Me will alert you if the library buys the title. However, not all publishers sell their content to libraries in digital format. If you cannot find a title in Libby’s catalog, then we cannot buy the item. You can learn how to use Notify Me with this tutorial, opens a new window or video.Â
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Publishers do not always offer eBook versions of titles in the early part of a series. In some cases, individual titles in a series become available over time. In other cases, they remain unavailable due to publisher restrictions. If you notice a series title is unavailable in Libby, you can use a Notify Me tag, opens a new window to get a notice if we buy it.Â
