Library Locations and Hours

Mailing Address:
PO Box 800
Carmel, CA 93921

Main Branch

Park Branch

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E-BOOKS

First Saturday e-book Help

ereader

Did you know the library offers free e-books and audiobooks for your favorite reading or listening device?  The library offers downloadable books for free from the Northern California Digital Library, but you may not know how to use them, or may have tried and had some trouble. If you need help downloading e-books or e-audiobooks to your Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPod, smartphone, or other device, come on in.

Be prepared with these items:
           your device
           your library card number and PIN
           your Amazon account login and password, if using a Kindle or Kindle app

First Saturday of each month. Drop-in anytime between 1-3 pm.
Reference Room, Main Library
Ocean and Lincoln in downtown Carmel

OVERDRIVE

The Overdrive Download Center features titles in the Adobe eBook and ePub formats. You can check out, download, and read these eBooks on your PC, Kindle, iPad or other e-book reader. Log in using your Library Card number.

Self Guided Tour

New to downloadable media? To help you get started, please take a guided tour. In just a few minutes, you can learn how to browse, check out, and download the titles available at this site.

download digital media guided tour

If you have any questions about downloadables after you view the tutorial, ask a library staff member.

 

Other E-book Sources:

  • BOOKFLIX (home access) - Very cute e-Books for kids, provided by the California State Library.
  • NOLO BOOKS ONLINE - The full text of all the Nolo Press self-help legal books.
  • GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY and CREDO - Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources.
  • PROJECT GUTENBERG - Free books that are in the public domain.
  • GOOGLE E-BOOKS - These will work on just about any device: Nooks, Sony Readers, Android phones, iPhones, iPads, iPod touch, and web browsers, but not Kindles. Some are free, some have a charge.
  • KINDLE - Amazon's ebooks, for the Kindle reader.
  • INKMESH - Ebook search engine to find free ebooks and compare ebook prices for the Kindle, iPhone, Nook, Sony Reader and more!
  • OPEN LIBRARY E-BOOKS - Thousands of books that can be read in a variety of ways- on-line, as ePubs for your reading device, as PDFs. Some are downloadable to Kindles. Many are accessible to the sight-impaired through DAISY.