Access to Hoopla Digital ends June 30, 2025. All items checked out on or prior to June 30 will remain available for their checkout period, but no new item will be able to be checked out beginning July 1. New digital content coming July 1 – Kanopy (films, TV series, kids’ content) and Comics Plus (comics, graphic novels, manga, and picture books).
The Palace Project
Content: eBooks and digital audiobooks from our Libby collection, plus content exclusive to Palace, including a collection of audiobooks from Audible and an always available audiobook collection
Compatible Devices: iOS and Android devices
Checkout Limits: Titles check out for 7, 14, or 21 days depending on the distributer.
Libby
Content: eBooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines
Compatible Devices: iOS and Android devices, computers, eReaders, and more. See a full list of compatible devices and how to get started.
Checkout Limits: Up to ten titles at a time for 7, 14, or 21 days (default is 14 days; change at checkout or in settings)
Comics Plus – Coming July 1!
Content: Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga
Compatible Devices: iOS and Android devices, computers
Checkout Limits: Unlimited checkouts, no holds or wait time
Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library
Content: eBooks, audiobooks, and videos relevant to Deaf culture available through Libby. Use your St. Mary’s County Library card to login (select Southern Maryland Regional Library on the login screen).
Compatible Devices: iOS and Android devices, computers, eReaders, and more. See a full list of compatible devices and how to get started.
Checkout Limits: Up to three titles at a time for 7, 14, or 21 days at a time (select at checkout or in settings)
More Resources for eBooks and Audiobooks Online
- Internet Archive’s Open Library
- Baen Publishing
Free Science Fiction and Fantasy titles in electronic format. Read the titles online or download the books in one of several formats, including Nook and Kindle compatible formats. - Digital Public Library of America
DPLA’s collection of free eBooks on a variety of subjects. - Google Books
Search and browse books online. Download a PDF copy of public domain book. Download Google eBooks app for Android or iPhone/iPad to read Google eBooks on your phone. - HathiTrust
A large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via the Google Books project and Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries. - International Children’s Digital Library
A digital library of outstanding children’s books from all over the world. - Just Free Books
Searches more than 700 websites to find all sorts of free books: public domain texts, open books, free audio books, ad-supported books and more. - MetPublications
Offers 448 quality art books for free downloading (or free browsing online). - Online Books Page
Links to more than one million texts that are freely readable over the Internet. - Project Gutenberg
More than 36,000 free eBooks to download to your PC, Kindle, Android, iOS or other portable device. Choose ePub, Kindle, HTML, or simple text formats.
