Digital Materials
Overdrive/Libby
Use your registered library card to download eBooks and eAudiobooks to a variety of devices and computers including Kindle PaperWhite. Content can be accessed via the Libby app available in the Apple and/or Google Play store or through our website.
As of 5/1/2023, the classic OverDrive app will be discontinued. Current users of the OverDrive app should download and switch to the Libby app instead.
- Learn more about switching to Libby : OverDrive App Retirement
Note: this service is limited to residents of GRRL's 6 county service area
Ebooks Minnesota
Online eBook collection for all Minnesotans featuring content from our state's independent publishers, including some of our best literature and nonfiction. No hold queues or waiting.
If prompted for a school/library name: enter Ebooks Minnesota
To download content for offline reading, create an Ebooks Minnesota MackinVIA account using a web browser on a desktop/laptop: https://ebooksmn.mackinvia.com/register
TumbleBooks
eBooks for kids including animated talking picture books and read-alongs that can be read or listened to from any computer at home or at the library. No hold queues or waiting. TumbleBooks Help page.
Mn Writes Mn Reads
Create, Share, Read.
Local authors: create eBooks and share them with readers and libraries across Minnesota and potentially the United States.
Readers: find eBooks published by independent local and national authors - no hold queues or waiting.
Hoopla
Use your registered library card to access eBooks, eAudiobooks, e-Comicbooks, Music, Movies/TV to stream or download on a variety of devices. Hoopla Help page.
Content can be accessed through the website or via the Hoopla app available in the Apple and/or Google Play store.
Patrons can borrow 4 items per month. E-card holders and Minor cards will not be able to access R-rated material per Great River Regional Library policy.
Note: this service is limited to residents of GRRL's 6 county service area