Access eBooks & eAudiobooks

Kern County residents have access to 6 different platforms for downloading eBooks and eAudiobooks, as well as accessing streaming content.

Palace Project

eBooks & eAudiobooks

This statewide collection, designed to enhance access throughout the state, is available to anyone with a California public library card and an internet connection.

Collections Available in the Palace App: The Palace Project consolidates three collections, including Kern’s Overdrive and SJVLS’ cloudLibrary, into a single app.

Palace Project Collection checks out for 21 days and is available to any California resident.

Content checked out in the Palace app from the OverDrive or cloudLibrary collections will follow the same checkout & hold limits as noted below.

Need Help?
Contact Library Staff

Compatible with:
iOS® (15.0+) and Android™ (7.0+)

Libby

eBooks & eAudiobooks

21 Day Loan Period
Max 30 Titles Out
Max 20 Items on Waiting List

Getting Started?
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Access Instructions

Please Note: This service is available to Kern County Residents only.

Need Help?
Contact Library Staff

Duplicate Accounts?
Merge OverDrive Accounts

Compatible with:
iOS® (10.0+) iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android™ (minimum Lollipop, 5.0+), Blackberry ®, Kindle®, Media Players, and eReaders

Available in additional languages, including Spanish, Chinese, and many more.

cloudLibrary

eBooks

14 Day Loan Period
Max 3 Titles Out
Max 5 Items on Waiting List

Getting Started?
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Access Instructions

Please Note: This service is available to all San Joaquin Valley Residents.

Need Help?
Contact Library Staff

Compatible with:
iOS® & Android™ (Using 3M Cloud Library App) and eReaders (but not Kindle®)

Hoopla

eBooks & eAudiobooks

Max 5 titles out at a time
Checkout a Flex title marked “Available”
Checkout for 14 days
Return one Flex title to get another

eBooks, eAudiobooks, Comics, Movies, TV Shows, Magazines, & Music

Max 5 titles out / month
Limit resets on the 1st of each month
No Waitlist

Variable Checkout Times: Checkout times below are for most items, but can vary due to publisher restrictions.

Audiobooks, eBooks, and comics – 21 days
Movies and TV – 3 days
Music and BingePasses – 7 days

Getting Started?

Please Note: This service is available to Kern County Residents only.

Need Help?
Contact Hoopla Customer Service.

Compatible with:
iOS® (15+), Android™ (7.1+), and Amazon Fire devices

enki Library

eBooks

This service is being made available in response to COVID-19 closures by a partnership between Califa and Bibliolabs. This service is available to every California resident.

Create an account to get started!

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Access Support.

Compatible with: iOS® & Android™ (Using BiblioBoard Library, BiblioLabs, LLC)