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Downloadable Library Materials

Borrow and download or stream books, audiobooks, magazines, movies and music for FREE with your Fremont Library Card!

If your card is from another library, you must use the apps provided by your home library.

eBooks & Audiobooks

LIBBY/OVERDRIVE

Overdrive (Libby App) is the only e-book provider for libraries that also includes access to Kindle books, although not all eBooks are playable on Kindle readers. The books and audiobooks in Fremont's Libby/Overdrive app have all been curated by Fremont Librarians.

Each cardholder may have 5 checkouts at a time. Items may be renewed two days before the due date if no one else is waiting. You can return titles early to free up your number of available checkouts, and you can place holds on unavailable titles as well as those that you recommend through the Overdrive website.

HOOPLA

Most of the Hoopla catalog is available for instant borrows, making it great for when you want to read the sequel right now! There's also an easy "Kids Mode" that will hide adult titles from view.

Each cardholder may borrow 20 total Hoopla items per month. A new set of borrows are issued the 1st of each month; unused borrows do not roll over. We have also added Flex Borrows that are one person at a time, limit 5 borrows at a time of any Flex titles.

To read books or listen to audiobooks offline, you must use the mobile app.

There is no Hoopla App for the Kindle Fire Tablet, but you may stream through the internet browser (no offline availability).


eREAD ILLINOIS BY Boundless

Is the book you want currently checked out on Overdrive? Check here! Fremont offers access to the books curated by eRead Illinois, a consortium of libraries across northern Illinois. Limit 5 borrows at a time per cardholder. 

Fremont Library does not purchase the titles offered on eRead Illinois. To recommend eBooks for purchase please use the Overdrive website.

Magazines & Full-Image Newspapers

FLIPSTER MAGAZINES

You can use Flipster to check out digital copies of your favorite magazines! All you need is a portable device or computer with an Internet connection and your Fremont Library card. 


PRESS READER

Read online or download the app to access newspapers from around the country, including the Chicago Tribune, as well as popular magazines from around the world.


HOOPLA BINGE PASS

Using only one hoopla borrow, read current issues of 50+ popular and in-demand magazines with the hoopla Magazines BingePass. With a reading experience designed specifically for digital use, it's easy to read hoopla Magazines on a mobile device or your computer, and you can even listen to the articles!


NEWSBANK

America's News carries smaller local papers from around the country in a database (text only) format that is searchable and printable. The library also pays for the image version of these local newspapers:

Chicago Sun-Times               Daily Herald             

Movies, TV Shows & Documentaries

KANOPY

Stream movies through an internet browser or an app. The collection offers more than 30,000 independent and documentary films from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, and thousands of independent filmmakers.

You get 10 play credits per month. Each movie costs one credit to play. 

Play credits reload on the 1st of the month. Unused credits do not roll over. Once you start playing a movie, you have 72 hours to complete it. You can watch the video as many times as you'd like in that 72-hour period.

Kanopy Kids offers quality children's video such as PBS kids. Kids plays do not count against your monthly play credits.


HOOPLA

Stream movies & television shows through an internet browser or the Hoopla app. Movies & TV shows check out for 3 days and can be downloaded for offline use when using the mobile app. There's an easy "Kids Mode" that will hide adult titles from view.

Each cardholder may borrow 20 total Hoopla items per month. A new set of borrows are issued the 1st of each month; unused borrows do not roll over.

Music

FREEGAL MUSIC

Freegal offers access to millions of songs including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists, and thousands of music videos. 

Stream full albums, playlists or individual songs ad-free for 8 hours per day.

Download up to 5 songs per week that you can keep forever. A new set of downloads starts each Monday at midnight. Unused downloads do not roll over.


HOOPLA

Check out the latest popular music albums like you would a CD. Music checks out for 7 days and can be downloaded for offline use when using the mobile app.

Each cardholder may borrow 20 total Hoopla items per month. A new set of borrows are issued the 1st of each month; unused borrows do not roll over.

Downloadables for Kids

 Overdrive Kids  Boundless logo - blue background with the letter b


Hoopla for Kids   Tumblebooks


Kanopy Kids   Freegal Kids 

eMagazines for Kids

Free online magazines with your Fremont Library Card!

  • Animal Tales
  • Brainspace
  • Girls World
  • Highlights
  • National Geographic Kids
  • Ranger Rick
  • Storytime
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Accessing the PressReader App

Download the free PressReader App from your app store. 

  1. Tap on Libraries & Groups
  2. Tap on Select Library or Group
  3. Search by typing Fremont Public Library
  4. Tap on the Fremont Logo
  5. Enter Library Card Number and PIN
  • STEP 1: Tap on "Library or Group"
  • STEP 2: Tap "Select Library or Group"
  • STEP 3: Type Fremont Public Library
  • STEP 4: Enter Library card number & PIN
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Online Magazines

Magazine titles with * are written for youth. All magazines below unless noted are from the U.S.

  • F=Flipster
  • H=Hoopla Binge Pass
  • PR=PressReader
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