E-Book Resources

E-books are available to reserve, download and check out with your AWPL library card, through the Overdrive Digital Library.*   Other resources for free e-books exist on the Web.  Explore these:

Internet sites:

Open Library

Project Gutenberg

Inkmesh

Downloadable Apps:

Stanza

Free Books

Wattpad

* Frequently Asked Question:   "Why aren’t certain books available in OverDrive as e-Books?"

   Answer:  Because the following publishers refuse to sell or license eBooks to libraries:
• Macmillan Publishing
• Simon & Schuster
• Penguin Group
• Brilliance Audio
• Hachette Book Group

Want to let them know that libraries are important customers?    Click here for a simple video that explains the issue and to sign an online petition to these publishers.  Or write, call or email them:

Macmillan Publishing
75 Varick St.
New York, NY 10013
(212) 226-7521
customerservice@mpsvirginia.com

Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 698-7000
http://simonandschuster.com/about/contact_us

Hachette Book Group
466 Lexington Ave., #131
New York, NY 10017
(212) 364-1100
customerservice@hbgusa.com

Penguin Group
375 Hudson St.
New York, NY 10014
(212) 366-2000
ecommerce@us.penguingroup.com

Brilliance Audio
1704 Eaton Drive
Grand Haven, MI 49417
(616) 846-5256
libsales@brillianceaudio.com