E-books

Explore the library's variety of digital books, including e-books, audiobooks and electronic magazines – all for free. Just log in with your library card. If you need a library card, it's easy to sign up online.

Libby has replaced RBDigital and Cloud Library

Dakota County Library is now using Libby, by Overdrive — the library's new app for digital e-book, audiobook and magazine service. With Libby, you can access more materials and easily manage your loans for digital items in one place.

View FAQ about the transition.​

Libby, by Overdrive

E-books, audiobooks and e-magazines

• Check out up to 15 titles at a time                                                                                   
• Place up to 15 titles on hold at any time                                                                         
• You will receive an email when your hold is available for checkout          
• Items check out for three weeks and can be renewed through the app

Get started:

1. Install the Libby, by Overdrive app from your device's app store.
2. Open the app and search Dakota County Library, then select MELSA and add your library card info.
3. Browse and check out your e-book.
4. Read your e-book with Libby or send it to your Kindle.

For more information, view the tutorial.

Works with:
Android, iOS and Windows 10 devices

If your device does not work with Libby, use the Overdrive app below instead.

Overdrive

E-books and audiobooks

• Check out up to 15 titles at a time                                                                                   
• Place up to 15 titles on hold at any time                                                                         
• You will receive an email when your hold is available for checkout          
• Items check out for three weeks and can be renewed through the app

Get started:

1. Install the Overdrive app from your device's app store.
2. Follow the prompts and look for Dakota County Library, MELSA and add your library card.
3. Browse and check out your e-book.
4. Read your e-book with Overdrive or send it to your Kindle.

For more information, view the tutorial.

Works with:
Android, iOS, Chromebooks, Kindle Fire, and Windows 8/10

Hoopla

E-books, audiobooks, music, videos and comics

• Check out five items per calendar month per library card
• When Dakota County Library reaches its daily spending limit in Hoopla, you will receive the following message:
• “Your library's daily lending limit has been reached for the day."
• Checkout periods for materials:       
• Movies – three days
• Television programs – three days (can be checked out by episode, not season)
• Music – seven days (can be checked out by album, not single tracks)
• Comics & e-books – three weeks

Get started:

1. Install the Hoopla Digital app from your device's app store.
2. Follow the prompts and look for Dakota County Library and add your library card.
3. Browse and check out your item.
4. Download the item to your device to enjoy offline.

For more information, view the tutorial.

Works with:
Android (except KindleFire and Nook Tablet), iOS, and Kindle Fire HDX

EBooks Minnesota

E-books

• Unlimited access to thousands of titles from Minnesota's independent publishers, including literature and nonfiction.
• Check out and keep e-books for as long as you want, no due dates

Get started:

1. Install the Biblioboard app from your device's app store.
2. Create and account to read titles offline.
3. Browse and check out your e-book.

For more information, view the tutorial.

Works with:
Android, iOS, Fire Windows and MacOS

Children's e-books

BookFlix
A collection of e-books and digital literacy resources designed to strengthen early literacy.

Tumblebooks
A collection of animated, talking picture books that also includes puzzles, games, audiobooks and language learning.

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