eBooks and Audiobooks
Below are several options for accessing audio and ebooks. Each option offers a different collection of titles.
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BHS eBook/Audiobook Collection
Listen to or read audiobooks or ebooks on your computer or mobile device. Log in to your library account using your Google username and password. In order to read or listen to the book on the app, you must first check it out online using BHS eBook/Audiobook Collection. Click here for Destiny Read app. |
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SELECT BOOKS ALWAYS AVAILABLE
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With Sora, you can read or listen to eBooks and audiobooks from the state funded collection.
Use Sora on your ChromeBook, MacBook or PC to read eBooks in your browser and listen to audiobooks. This is also a great way to browse and check out titles that you can later access on a phone or tablet. Click here to access. Select "Public Schools of Brookline" and login using your psb username and password Directions/App |
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BOOKS ALWAYS AVAILABLE
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Hoopla provides instant access — no wait times or hold lists — to a collection of downloadable audiobooks and ebooks, movies, music, and more.
Access with your Brookline or Boston public library card. Need a library card? Sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard here. Available to Massachusetts residents. You can access material via the hoopla website or through its Apple or Android app. |
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AUDIOBOOKS ALWAYS AVAILABLE
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LibriVox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to, on their computers, iPods or other mobile device.
They are read by volunteers from all over the world. |
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BOOKS ALWAYS AVAILABLE
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Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. |
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Additional Resource for finding a book:
- Brookline Public Library
Access ebooks, audiobooks and graphic novels with library account. Don’t have a library card? Apply for a free eCard online. - Boston Public Library
Access ebooks, audiobooks and graphic novels with a library account. Don’t have a library card? Apply for a free eCard online. - Audible Stories
Free streaming of audiobooks. If you want to stop a story and come back to listen later, you must use the same device and browser – then you can pick up where you left off. No login necessary. - Open Culture
1,000 Free Audiobooks (mostly classics)