Our eBook and eAudio providers:
- Libby (part of the Overdrive platform).
- uLibrary.
- cloudLibrary.
- BorrowBox.
- PressReader.
- LOTE4Kids.
- Comics Plus.
You can download up to six titles for 14 days from each provider.
- Renew eBooks that have not been reserved by other customers.
- Items are automatically 'returned'.
- No fines to pay.
- No trip to the library needed.
- You can suggest or request books for free too!
To access these services:
- Download the app from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
- Libby and cloudLibrary are also available on Kindle Fire.
You will need:
- Your CMBC Library card number (remember to include a capital R at the start).
- Your PIN number. If you cannot remember it, please visit: Forgot your PIN?
If you are not already a Calderdale Libraries' member, see: Join the library. Then you can start downloading straightaway.
Libby
- Choose from over 3,000 free eAudiobooks and nearly 4,500 eBooks.
- Browse over 3,000 eMagazine titles and more than 1,500 eComics.
Features include:
- Sleep timer on eAudio books.
- Ability to download a book onto your device for offline reading.
uLibrary
This is eAudiobook service has some great features.
- Change speed of narration.
- Sleep timer (app turns off after set time pausing your audio track).
- Earphone remote control for ease of volume/track adjustment.
- Ability to browse app while listening to eAudiobooks.
- eAudiobook preview before you download.
cloudLibrary
This is an eBook and eAudiobook service.
BorrowBox
This is an eAudiobook service.
- Offline reading and listening.
- Lock screen widget for quick and easy playback control of audiobooks.
- Play audiobooks in the background while using other apps.
- Easily find similar titles you might want to read or listen to.
- Read and listen to previews.
- Get more info about the author and narrator.
PressReader
Access more than 7,000 of the world's top newspapers and magazines as soon as they are available on shelves.
You will enjoy 30 days of free access throughout the month. After this, you will need to login again to extend your free access for another 30 days.
LOTE4Kids
This was created for libraries to:
- grow their world language and digital collections;
- engage families;
- and support kids to learn languages.
With this, children can access over 5,000 digital books in over 70 languages!
To access it:
- Visit: Lote4kids - Calderdale.
- Download the mobile app via: Download the LOTE4Kids App.
Comics Plus
This offers thousands of comics, graphic novels and manga titles to readers online.
- You can access it with a smartphone, tablet or web browser.
- You can download comics to more than one devices.
- There is never a wait to read any titles.
To download the app, visit:
For access, log in to: Library Pass