The Blackstone Library provides a variety of free digital resources you can use online from home or in person at the library. Wherever you have an internet connection, you can search our catalog & place holds, download eBooks, audiobooks and magazines.
OverDrive has thousands of ebooks and audiobooks for borrowing. Available to Branford and LION library card holders. Need help downloading to your device? Visit our help page here. Try OverDrive’s Libby app, either through your web browser or download the Libby App on the App Store or Google Play. Please note that the original OverDrive app (blue with white O) is no longer available. You must download the Libby app.
Our magazine collection has migrated from RBDigital to OverDrive. Browse magazines here and try the Libby app now for accessing your OverDrive ebooks, audiobooks and magazines or go to libbyapp.com to read in your browser.
Borrow ebooks and audiobooks from the multiple collections, using the Palace App.
Blackstone Library cardholders can download ebooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, TV series and music to their computers and mobile devices. Sign up at hoopladigital.com or through the Hoopla app on your mobile device. You can browse the collection or search for a specific title. Just click on the title you want and then click on Borrow! Read more about Hoopla here.
Kanopy is an on demand streaming service that allows you to stream to your computer or mobile device, to your television by connecting it to your computer with an HDMI cable, or by using Roku, Apple TV or Chromecast. You’ll find independent, classic, international films, series and documentaries. Included are the Criterion Collection, the Great Courses and PBS. Create an account at Kanopy, using your Blackstone Library card.
