Houston Public Library and its partners netLibrary and Overdrive are excited to offer downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and video to our customers.
The library's downloadable collection is also accessible from the Houston Public Library Catalog.
- Bestsellers from award-winning authors produced by Recorded Books.
- Over 30,000 textual e-book titles provided by TexShare, a program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission..
- Check-out Periods: ebooks (7 days), audiobooks (21 days)
- Bestselling audiobooks from a variety of vendors.
- Adult and juvenile downloadable video offerings.
- A selection of popular e-books.
- Check-out Periods: ebooks (21 days), audiobooks (14 days), videos (7 days)
Audiobook and Video User Restrictions:
Currently audiobook and video services are not available to users inside the library.
- Your Houston Public Library PowerCard is required to use the services outside the library.
- To listen, download the file to your PC , open it in Windows Media Player to transfer the book to a portable device.
- Players that allow bookmarking and files larger than 512 megabytes are desirable.