Getting Started with eBooks

Maine State Library, along with other Maine libraries, purchased popular eBooks, known as the Maine InfoNet Download Library . Anyone with a library card from a participating library can access this collection free of charge. This collection is offered through Overdrive, the current leader in the eBook lending market.

Check out the many free ebooks that are available all the time because they are in the public domain (out of copyright) or otherwise accessible license-free.

OverDrive's Next Generation - One-Step Checkout

With OverDrive's Next Generation experience, users can borrow titles with just one click!

• Instructions on how to borrow a title and other helpful getting information
• Support for individual devices
• OverDrive's Device Resource Center - view a list of compatible devices
• OverDrive Read - browser-based eBook reader which is compatible with most of today's popular devices
• OverDrive Media Console is available for mobile devices.? With it, readers can enjoy both eBooks and audiobooks on devices
• OverDrive's help videos - short, step by step videos
• Click " View Full List" for participating Maine member libraries in Infonet's Download Library