Libby eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines

Download the Libby app, enter a zip code and select "MELSA Metropolitan Area Library Service Agency Carver County Library" to get started. Kindle and eReader users click here. Anyone with a valid library card registered in Carver County can check out up to 15 eBooks or eAudio at a time for up to three weeks, and renew if no one's waiting (there's no limit on magazines). 

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BookFLIX

Online eBooks that introduce children to a love of reading and learning by pairing classic video storybooks and related nonfiction titles in English and Spanish. 

Anyone with a library card registered in Carver County can access this content.

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Ebooks Minnesota

Minnesota's digital library lets you check out as many books as you want, and you don't have to return them. The collection contains thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks and features local and independent publishers. There's no waiting for titles, all books in the collection are always available. Read using your web browser or using the MakckinVIA app. If using the app, search for the Ebooks Minnesota collection when signing on. Anyone in Minnesota can check out these titles.

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Indie Minnesota

Local authors (indie, self-published, aspiring, and mainstream) that you can read at any time. 

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