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If you read ebooks, you can get free books every day of the week! Create a free account with your email address, select your favorite authors and genres, and then discover e-books available for free or up to 95% off their cover price! Once joined, an email is sent daily with highlighted offerings. Visit their website to see everything available. When you see something you like, act fast as most offers have a time limit. This is a great way to build your library or try a new author for free or at a great price. Visit: www.bookbub.com
Chirp is a part of BookBub and works the same way for audiobook titles. This place has amazing discounts on audiobooks (up to 95% off). Get an email every day with deals in genres you like. And these are not obscure titles either. These are NYT bestsellers and books from popular authors and are available from .99 and up with most under $7. Chirp has an app you can download, and it’s easy to use. You can also listen on your computer or Alexa devices. If you like audiobooks, this is your place! Visit: www.chirpbooks.com
This website is an easy-to-use database containing over 10,000 authors and lists every one of their books in publication order and in series order. This is invaluable when you want to start a new series and you don’t know the correct order in which to read them. You can even look up a series by its main character. This is a great resource. Visit: www.bookseriesinorder.com
Goodreads is an enormous social network with nearly 3 million reading members. At Goodreads, you can use their massive catalog of book titles to make a list of the books you have read, mark books you want to read, read/write reviews, and get book recommendations from other people. Below each book's summary is a list of genres that the book falls into. A great resource for the reading challenge. This website is an easy and fun way to keep track of your reading history. Throw away your lists and start tracking with Goodreads. Visit: www.goodreades.com
Libby is a free app and/or website where you can enjoy free ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card. Visit: https://libbyapp.com/library/noble
Like LIbby, Hoopla is an app and/or website where you have access to free ebooks, digital audiobooks, movies, music, and more. Your library may limit how many titles you can borrow within a month. For Beverly, you may borrow up to 10 items each month. Titles often vary from what is offered in Libby so it is a good place to look if Libby doesn't have what you want or the wait list is too long. Visit: www.hoopladigital.com
Wowbrary regularly informs you by email about your chosen public library’s newest books, movies, and music. They make it easy for you to browse through the latest additions and place a hold on a new title. Visit: www.wowbrary.org
The Beverly Public Library website is a tremendous resource that extends beyond borrowing books, DVD's and music. Explore all the digital resource options from A-Z. Do you know about all the services the library offers, including notary services? Did you know you can borrow THINGS like blood pressure monitors and sewing machines? To learn more, visit: https://beverlypubliclibrary.org
The Commonwealth Catalog is a Massachusetts library service that extends users' search capabilities beyond their local library's resources. It allows library patrons to search and request books, DVDs, and music from millions of items available at participating libraries across Massachusetts Visit: www.commonwealthcatalog.org
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