hoopla
The hoopla app is available to all patrons of the Sparta Public Library. Library patrons can borrow 10 items every month, including ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music, and more. Register with your library card at: hoopladigital.com
hoopla is an all-in-one media service where you can find 950,000+ titles in six different formats: audiobooks, ebooks, comics/graphic novels, music albums, movies, and television shows. All available to instantly borrow through the hoopla app or website.
cloudLibrary
The Sparta Public Library is now exclusively using the cloudLibrary to provide ebooks to our patrons. The cloudLibrary has the capability to automatically sync so that you can read on multiple devices. Visit the cloudLibrary website to find the app for you. Use these Instructions or stop by the Information Desk at the library for help. Please note that this service is available only to Sparta Public Library card holders. (scroll down for websites with free e-materials for everyone).
Free E-materials for Everyone
For our reciprocal borrowers and anyone else looking for free and/or cheap e-materials, click on the links below for sites offering free ebooks, audiobooks and other e-materials.
- Free Ebook Resources List (over 20 different websites with free e-materials)
Websites with free ebooks and audiobooks:
- LibriVox – Similar to Wikipedia, only with audiobooks, volunteers read and record books in the public domain. They offer 4,000 audiobooks and 60-100 new titles are added each month.
- Feedbooks – High-quality public domain fiction and nonfiction titles plus new authors in a variety of formats – ePub, PDF, MobiPocket/Kindle. Nicely laid out site also lets readers leave or read reviews.
- PDFbooks – Classics and unpublished fiction and nonfiction in PDF and mobi-PDF format. Titles can be searched or browsed by author.