Digital Resources

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

Movies: The Kanopy streaming service provides STREAMABLE movies and television shows. Use your library card and passcode to create an account.

https://www.kanopy.com/en/warnernh)Please note, the library is charged for every video you check out, regardless of whether you watch it or not, so please only “borrow” what you will watch. (https://www.kanopy.com/en/warnernh)

Transparent Language Online has hundreds of languages including ASL. Set up with your library card https://library.transparent.com/pillsburyfreenh/ for a personal learning account that tracks your progress. TLO App available.

Ancestry Library Edition is an online Genealogy search tool which can be accessed free from the library building only. Find other genealogy resources at our genealogy research page.

Free Ebooks, Audiobooks and eMags from nh.overdrive.com, the NH Downloadable Books Consortium*. Use the Libby app for extra easy use. You can also see your eBooks when signed into your Library catalog account

To obtain your Libby/Overdrive login information, contact the library. Useful tips can be found by clicking on the HELP box at the top left corner of the N.H. Downloadable Books webpage. More sources at the bottom of page.

Available Formats on OverDrive/Libby
  • 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).
  • 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 and magazines 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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