Digital Resources

Pillsbury Free Library provides access to downloadable electronic books, audio books, streaming movies, online language learning, genealogy research resources. See the links below for more information.

Movies: The Kanopy streaming service provides access to online movies and television shows. Views are limited. Please note, the library is charged for every video you check out, regardless of whether you watch it or not, so please only check out what you will watch. (https://www.kanopy.com/en/warnernh)

Transparent Language Online provides online language learning for hundreds of languages including ASL. Try it at https://library.transparent.com/pillsburyfreenh/ or find the Transparent language app in your app store. You can verify with your library card to set up a personal learning account that personalizes your lesson progress.

Genealogy: The Library subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition, an online search tool which can be accessed free from the library building. Other genealogy resources can be found on our genealogy research page.

Ebooks, Audiobooks and emags: The New Hampshire Downloadable Books Consortium* (nh.overdrive.com) provides free access to thousands of titles. Use the Libby app for easy use on almost any device or computer. To obtain your login information, contact the library. Useful tips can be found at the N.H. Downloadable Books blog, or by clicking on the HELP box at the top left corner of the N.H. Downloadable Books webpage.

Audio book formats

Titles at NH.Overdrive.com can be downloaded to your smart phone, computer or tablet, or live streamed on wifi or data service for 2 weeks, once borrowed. The Libby app makes this easy.

eBook Formats
  • Kindle ebooks for Kindle readers and Kindle apps. You will need an Amazon.com account. Amazon keeps information about your Kindle book borrowing habits. You can create an anonymous account for your library checkouts if you do not need to purchase ebooks. Ebooks in Kindle’s .mobi format are also available free at the Gutenberg Project (see below).
  • Adobe EPUB ebooks for non-Kindle ebook readers.
  • OverDrive READ  and OverDrive LISTEN can be read directly without downloading, on almost any device that has a regular web browser, while connected to the Internet.
  • Libby for OverDrive app is available free for any device that can use apps, and makes using OverDrive downloadable audio or eBooks a breeze.

Please note that some publishers currently limit or refuse to sell their titles for library purchase, allowing only leasing arrangements that have to be renewed every 26 “loans”, and also they charge much higher prices to libraries, especially for eBooks. This limits the number of titles Libraries are able to provide.

Other Free Downloadable Book Sources

Project Gutenberg offers free classics as unrestricted eBooks in many formats, at https://www.gutenberg.org/

Internet Archive at https://archive.org provides access to many formats of downloadable books,. EBooks area at https://archive.org/details/texts . Also check into https://openlibrary.org

FREE audiobooks (among other things) at https://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks

*The N.H. Downloadable Books service is supported by funds from participating libraries and congressional funding to the NH State Library via the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Additional support is provided by the Park Street Foundation, 20 Park St., Concord, NH 03301. Donations may be made to the Foundation for the purchase of additional titles, or to the Pillsbury Free Library to assist or supplement our annual membership fee. Donations for Downloadable Books service are used 100% for title purchases, not administrative costs.

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