Houston Public Library and its partners netLibrary and Overdrive are excited to offer downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and video to our customers.
The library's downloadable collection is also accessible from the Houston Public Library Catalog.
- Audiobook bestsellers from award-winning authors produced by various publishers.
- Over 30,000 textual e-book titles provided by TexShare, a program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
- Check-out Periods: ebooks (7 days), audiobooks (21 days)
- Some e-books are only available for viewing online and cannot be downloaded
Over 3,000 iPod compatible downloadable audiobook titles. Includes classic and new fiction and nonfiction titles.
NOTE: The titles offered by OneClickdigital are the same titles that are currently offered by EBSCO Audiobooks. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the EBSCO Audiobooks service will cease to be offered in the near future.
- Bestselling audiobooks from a variety of publishers.
- Adult and juvenile downloadable video offerings.
- A selection of popular e-books for all ages.
- Check-out Periods: ebooks and audiobooks (14 days), videos (7 days).
OverDrive now includes Kindle-compliant titles. To find them, select the Advanced Search button on the left hand side of the OverDrive webpage and then under Format, select Kindle. You may hit search and retrieve all Kindle formatted titles or enter additional search criteria.
For more information please click here.
Audiobook and Video User Restrictions:
Currently audiobook and video services are not available to users inside the library.
- Your Houston Public Library PowerCard is required to use the services outside the library.
- To listen, download the file to your PC , open it in Windows Media Player to transfer the book to a portable device.
- Players that allow bookmarking and files larger than 512 megabytes are desirable.