downloads
Comics
Our newest offering! Check out the huge selection of strips, zines, manga & more! Selection suitable for kids also available here. There are no holds or waitlists … find a title, click & start reading.
‘Nuff said, as the man said.
Streaming video
Kanopy video streaming service lets you watch up to 10 videos per month at no charge as a member of Rutland Free Library. They have a great selection of movies, TV series, documentaries and even Great Courses! Need a hand getting started? Kanopy offers a complete FAQ section.
Kanopy Kids
Unlimited viewing for kids & families through the Kanopy web page.
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Biblio+ offers unlimited streaming with your library card. Strong selection of British / foreign language. Simply click the link or download the app for Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Apple TV), Android phone and tablet, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku. Biblio+ is offered to Rutland Free Library cardholders by the state Department of Libraries.
Streaming audio — Freegal
We offer the Freegal music streaming service. In addition to ad-free streaming, Freegal allows you to download music to build a permanent library of your personal favorites. Get started with their handy guide or FAQs.
ebook and audiobook downloads — Libby & Palace
Now with two services to choose from:
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Find a huge collection of magazines on the Libby app! Simply log in, select “Magazine” as your subject, and browse to your heart’s content.
ListenUp Vermont (Libby) has the most search functions and is the place most of us start new users with downloads. It has added a new collection of classic titles for students. Look for the Duke Classic series once you are logged in. There are no limits on the number of copies available, so they’re perfect for group reads.
Libby also uses Amazon technology to deliver your choices, so is fully Kindle-friendly.
The Palace Project — a relatively new app, it has fewer bells and whistles. Unlike Libby, we get to keep books we purchase on Palace, so it’s a better deal for libraries. It has a couple of distinctive features going for it, like multilingual support. That means titles, and browsing for titles, in many of the languages native to new Vermonters, including a lot of kids’ books in world languages. And Palace has a huge collection of classic (out of copyright) titles, in English and other languages. Because its buy-it-once-and-keep-it philosophy is completely at odds with that of Amazon (and many of the major publishers), it does not support Kindle, which is an Amazon product.
Both download services are provided by the Vermont Department of Libraries. Both let you download eBooks and audiobooks to your phone, computer, reader, tablet, iPod/MP3 player or other mobile device.
Both apps draw from Project Gutenberg. That’s a collection of 60,000+ (and growing) copyright-free titles available for free download at any time. The apps help organize them for easier browsing but the titles are the same.
online ebooks for kids:
The TumbleBook Library is an interactive website, offering read aloud talking picture books. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read to your kids … or have them read to you.
Need Help? Visit TumbleBook Help.
For initial login: You will need your library card number and PIN. Download the free app for each service from either the App Store or Google Play Store.
If your card is blocked because of fines or because your card has expired, please call 802-773-1860 to arrange payment &/or renew your card and resume service.
If you need help for Libby or Kanopy, want to learn to download audiobooks or have a device that is not listed, please see the Overdrive Digital Help page.
If you need help for The Palace Project, please see their help page.