Cloud Library eBook & eAudiobook Information
- You can check out a total of 5 Cloud Library eBooks/eAudiobooks at a time.
- You can also have up to 5 Cloud Library eBook/eAudiobook titles on hold at a time.
- The loan period for each Cloud Library eBook/eAudiobook is 21 days. eBooks/eAudiobooks will return automatically after 21 days. You may return the eBook/eAudiobooks before 21 days by using the return option in the Cloud Library App .
- You can install the Cloud Library App on up to 5 devices.
- Set-up and further information can be found here.
New in November 2021 – HOOPLA!
- Cardholders are allowed to check out four FREE items per month on this new pay-per-use service provided by the Chester Public Library.
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Available via Web and Mobile and More!
You can stream titles through your desktop browser or our mobile app. If you use our mobile app, you can also download titles to your device for offline playback later, where Wi-Fi may be unavailable. Titles are automatically returned and removed from your device at the end of the lending period.
eLibrary General Information
What is an eBook?
It is an electronic version of a printed book that can be read on a computer or handheld device designed specifically for this purpose. Also known as a digital eBook.
What is an eAudiobook?
eAudiobooks are a digital audio version of a printed book that “has not” been placed on a CD, Cassette Tape or Playaway. You download or stream eAudiobooks and “listen” to them on a computer or compatible handheld device. They are sometimes called downloadable Audiobooks.
What is an Audiobook?
Audiobooks are a digital audio version of a printed book that has been placed on a CD, Cassette Tape or Playaway. You listen to them by placing the CD in a CD player, cassette tape player or by using a single book titled Playaway. Audiobooks are sometimes known as a Audio CD set (1 Audiobook that is spread out over many CD’s and is most likely in .WAV file format.), a single MP3 Audiobook is typically on 1 to 2 CD’s and is in MP3 format and must be played on a CD player that supports MP3 files.
What is eAudiobook Streaming?
Streaming eAudiobook content is sent in compressed form over the internet and is played by the listener in real time. When streaming eAudiobooks, a web user does not have to download the whole eAudiobook to play it. Instead, the eAudiobook is sent in a continuous stream of data over an active internet connection and is played as it arrives. If there is no active internet connection then “streaming” cannot occur.
