eBooks

eBook Provider 

You can now experience the world of eBooks and eTalking Books together using BorrowBox.  

Register once and download eBooks or eTalking Books to your device using the BorrowBox app.

Full instructions are given on the site or have a look at the guides below.

West Lothian BorrowBox Quick Start Guide [164.02KB]

West Lothian eBooks and eTalking Books How to Guide [9.12MB].

How do I register?

Simply register on the site with your library barcode and PIN (usually the last four digits of the phone number we have on record for you), then login and start searching.

What can I borrow?

You can borrow or reserve up to six eBooks for free from the West Lothian eBooks site, and download them to a wide variety of devices.

How long can I borrow them for?

You can borrow eBooks for 21 days but you can return your eBook early to release the credit and borrow another eBook.

eBooks can be download to an eBook reader, tablet, smart phone, computer and laptop. They cannot be downloaded to the Kindle reader due to Amazon's policy, but can be downloaded to a Kindle Fire.  You can also search and download eBooks using the West Lothian - Online Catalogue.

eBook content

The library services aims to have a varied selection of eBooks available to our customers.   We have moved to a new provider over the last few months and plan to add more content to increase the collection on a monthly basis.    As we operate within a small budget stock suggestions can be made by emailing library.info@westlothian.gov.uk.  Please give details of the book you would like to suggest and why you feel it would be a worthwhile addition to stock.  All recommendations will be considered, but it may not be possible to purchase all suggested items.

Check out the latest eBook titles available this month.  New eBooks [239.31KB]

This month's children's e-Book of the month is best seller The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths.  Multiple copies available, download yours now!   e-Audio book read by Stig Wemyss also available.

Laugh-out-loud adventures in the wackiest treehouse EVER! The first in a highly illustrated series for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Barry Loser.

Andy and Terry live in the WORLD'S BEST treehouse! It's got a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory, a tank of man-eating sharks and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you're hungry! Just watch out for the sea monkeys, and the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys, and the giant mutant mermaid sea monster . . . Oh, and, whatever you do, don't get trapped in a burp-gas-filled bubble . . . !

The story follows Andy and Terry's crazy adventures in their treehouse as they try to write a book, and is told through a combination of text and fantastic cartoon-style illustrations.

This month's adult e-Book of the month is The Holiday by T.M. Logan.  Multiple copies available, download yours now!  The Holiday by T.M. Logan e-Audio book read by Laura Kirman also available.

Seven days. Three families. One killer.

It was supposed to be the perfect holiday, dreamed up by Kate as the ideal way to turn 40: four best friends and their husbands and children in a luxurious villa under the blazing sunshine of Languedoc-Roussillon.

But there is trouble in paradise. Kate suspects that her husband is having an affair, and that the other woman is one of her best friends.

One of these women is willing to sacrifice years of friendship and destroy her family. But which one? As Kate closes in on the truth in the stifling Mediterranean heat, she realises too late that the stakes are far higher than she ever imagined.

Because someone in the villa is prepared to kill to keep their secret hidden.

RNIB

The RNIB website has some helpful information available on eBooks and digital reading.

RNIB eBooks and digital reading

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