e-Books & e-Audiobooks
OverDrive is a collection of downloadable e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines. Libby is a free, one tap reading app from OverDrive where you can borrow and enjoy digital content from Ramsey County Library.
Find details on which devices work with Libby & OverDrive and how to download items or view a tutorial on how to use Libby, opens a new window. Support is available through the OverDrive website, opens a new window or the Libby app, opens a new window.
Borrowing and Renewal Policies:
- Metro area public library cardholders registered with Ramsey County Library may borrow e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines through Libby, by OverDrive.
- A maximum of 15 e-books or e-audiobooks may be borrowed at a time.
- An unlimited number of e-magazines may be borrowed at a time.
- e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines may be borrowed for 7, 14, or 21 days.
- e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines are renewable. A Renew option will appear on your Loans page three days before the item expires as long as there are no requests on that title.
- If a title has been borrowed by another user, a hold for the title may be placed. Hold limit is 15 items. Note: e-magazines are always available to be borrowed at all times and require no holds.
- e-Books and e-audiobooks cannot be downloaded to the Library's publicly used computers.
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e-Books, e-Audiobooks, & e-Magazines FAQs
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OverDrive is a collection of downloadable e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines. Libby is a free, one tap reading app from OverDrive where you can borrow and enjoy digital content from Ramsey County Library.
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For details on which devices work with OverDrive / Libby, and how to download items, click here, opens a new window.
Borrowing and Renewal Policies:
- Metro area public library cardholders registered with Ramsey County Library may borrow e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines through OverDrive / Libby
- A maximum of 15 e-books or e-audiobooks may be borrowed at a time.
- An unlimited number of e-magazines may be borrowed at a time.
- e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines may be borrowed for 7, 14, or 21 days.
- e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines are renewable. A Renew option will appear on your Loans page three days before the item expires as long as there are no requests on that title.
- If a title has been borrowed by another user, a hold for the title may be placed. Hold limit is 15 items. Note: e-magazines are always available to be borrowed at all times and require no holds.
- e-Books and e-audiobooks cannot be downloaded to the Library's publicly used computers.
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Yes. There are two ways to discover titles that are not yet in our Libby collection:
- Search for a title, author, or series. If Libby returns no results, it will automatically expand into a "deep search" to display relevant titles that are not yet in our collection.
- If you run a search that returns fewer than 100 results, you can tap a filter button to manually enable "deep search."
From the expanded search, you will see relevant results with a Notify Me option. Tap Notify Me to tag titles and be notified if they are added to the library's collection in the future. Learn more on Libby Help, opens a new window.
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Yes. Ramsey County Library provides a variety of sources for downloadable e-Books, e-Audiobooks, and e-Magazines. Click here for more information.
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Ebooks Minnesota is an online ebook collection for all Minnesotans. The collection covers a wide variety of subjects for readers of all ages, and features content from our state's independent publishers, including some of our best literature and nonfiction.
To start browsing click here.