Simply register on the site or app with your library barcode/membership number (don't put any spaces in between your library membership/barcode number) and PIN, select your library as West Lothian Council, then login and start searching. If you require any assistance with your membership details please email library.info@westlothian.gov.uk (opens new window)
What can I borrow?
You can borrow or reserve up to six e-Books or up to ten e-Audio/Talking books and e-Magazines simultaneously for free from BorrowBox (opens new window) and download them to a wide variety of devices.
How long can I borrow them for?
Loans are for 21 days and your loan will automatically expire after this time but you can return your copy early to release it for other users and borrow another.
e-Books and e-Magazines can be downloaded to computers and laptops directly from our library catalogue (opens new window), BorrowBox (opens new window) or by downloading the free BorrowBox app to Apple devices, android tablets and smart phones. They can be downloaded to a Kindle Fire but cannot be downloaded to the Kindle reader due to Amazon's policy.
The library services aims to have a varied selection of stock available to our customers and add more content to increase the collection on a monthly basis. Stock suggestions can be made by emailing library.info@westlothian.gov.uk (opens new window). Please provide the details of the title you would like to suggest and why you feel it would be a worthwhile addition to stock. All recommendations will be considered, however as we operate within a small budget it may not be possible to purchase all suggested items.
Digital books of the month
Multiple copies available in E-book and E-audiobook, free to download from 1st July.
'Nash Falls' by David Baldacci
Walter Nash is a mild-mannered, happy and successful businessman with a loving family. He has never lifted a weight or fired a gun in anger, and he has no special physical or Investigatory skills. The dark world is not a place he knows - until the FBI comes calling on the very day of his estranged Vietnam veteran father's funeral. They tell him that the company he works for is actually a criminal organization. And they need his help in a risky endeavour to bring it all down.
In doing so, Nash's perfect world is destroyed. And in seeking justice and revenge, Nash must become someone else: a man of violence and physicality who must find traction and purpose in the same dark world that invaded and crushed everything near and dear to him. Can Walter Nash reinvent himself into a weapon of righteousness and justice? The odds are not with him.
But bet against Walter Nash at your peril . . .
'The Rest of Our Lives' by Benjamin Markovits
What's left when your kids grow up and leave home?
When Tom Layward's wife had an affair he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest daughter turned eighteen. Twelve years later, while driving her to Pittsburgh to start university, he remembers his pact.
He is also on the run from his own health issues, and the fact that he's been put on leave at work after students complained about the politics of his law class - something he hasn't yet told his wife.
So, after dropping Miriam off, he keeps driving, with the vague plan of visiting various people from his past - an old college friend, his ex-girlfriend, his brother, his son - on route, maybe, to his father's grave in California.
Digital magazine of the month
Amateur Gardening
For everyone who loves gardening, Amateur Gardening is the UK's best-selling weekly gardening magazine. Every week, Amateur Gardening is the first choice for both beginners and knowledgeable gardeners looking for advice and easy-to-follow practical features on growing flowers, trees, shrubs as well as fruit and vegetables. Be inspired, by our beautifully illustrated features covering plant and flower groups, both home grown and exotic, and take a sneak peek into some of the most beautiful private gardens around the country. Plus, every week we feature expert opinion and tips from some of gardening's most influential exponents including Toby Buckland, Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank, Peter Seabrook and Jo Whittingham.
What's on with BorrowBox - Free events available online with your favourite Authors!
Join in with the online library community with free events hosted by BorrowBox!
You wont want to miss any opportunities to ask these best selling authors all of your questions about your favourite novels.
RNIB offer CD's, USB's and Hardcopy Braille Books so you can read in a way that suits you. To sign up to this service, call the RNIB helpline on RNIB Helpline (opens new window) or 0303 123 9999.
RNIB also offers their digital audio library where they have over 40,000 books to borrow, download and listen to on your smartphone, tablet, computer or other reading device.
You can choose from a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles for both children and adults, in DAISY audio and electronic braille.
RNIB have put together a list of other free accessible libraries for you to get information from.
Clear Vision - A postal lending library of children's books in print and braille, and tactile books. More helpful information on Clear Vision can be found here Clear Vision Project (opens new window)
Living Paintings - A free postal library of accessible picture books and resources for blind and visually impaired children and young people to experience through touch and sound. Find out more about Living Paintings on their webpage here Living Paintings (opens new window)
Calibre Audio - Calibre Audio provides a fantastic collection of over 20,000 audiobooks for people living with a print disability in the UK and overseas. This service is free for those who only use USB's or are under 25. More information on Calibre Audio can be found on their webpage here Calibre Audio (opens new window)
