‘Cloud Library’ eBooks coming to your living room

The Pinal County Library District now offers eBook service.

Click here to for tutorials and Frequently Asked Questions about the service. 

Or, the public is invited to a launch event of the service at the Florence Community Library 5:30 p.m. Dec. 4. The Florence Community Library is at 1000 S. Willow St., Florence.

“This is our next step in putting the library in your living room, your doctor’s office, your back yard, your vacation site or wherever you may choose to access our eBooks from your electronic device,” said Denise Keller, Pinal County Library District director. “Our bricks and mortar libraries are here to stay but eBooks are growing in popularity so we obtained grant funding to offer them also.”

“All you need is a device like a Nook, iPhone or iPad, Kobo reader, Android phone or tablet device and a library card with a PIN number. On Dec. 4, we can show you how easy it is to get the free Cloud Library application and check out your first free eBook,” Keller said.

Users can download up to three eBooks at a time and the check-out period is three weeks per book. Extremely popular books may be wait-listed for a short time. This is because just like stocking hard-copy books on shelves, publishers require libraries to abide by a “one copy/one user” model. The library licenses a certain quantity of eligible downloads.

The Cloud Library application will host more than 400 titles at launch with more titles being added in the months and weeks to follow.

If you don’t currently have a library card and want to obtain one, click here to learn about getting a library card.