Ebooks

Digital Downloads for the Whole Family

Access e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and movies at home! All you need is a computer, smartphone, tablet, or e-reader. If you are reading this site, you could read a book! 🙂

You can also download ebooks & audiobooks straight from our catalog and from the SWAN Library App!

If you need assistance using any of these services on your devices, call us, email us, or send us a Facebook message.

Comics Plus

New in 2025!
Unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, manga, and picture books.
No waitlists or borrowing limits!
Log in using your library card barcode number and pin.

Hoopla

Borrow movies, ebooks, audiobooks, and music instantly with your library card on the Hoopla app or website.

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Libby

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle. Includes books for all ages, classics, popular titles, and bestsellers.

Boundless

The free app allows you to browse, check out and read ebooks or listen to audiobooks in a single app. Includes books for all ages, classics, popular titles, and bestsellers.

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Inkie Library (formerly BiblioBoard)

An eclectic mix of fiction, nonfiction, indie, and scholarly ebooks and other media for all ages, including specially curated lists and book displays and local author exclusives.

Novelist K-8 Plus

A database for younger readers with reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8.

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Pronunciator Language Learning

Free language learning website with courses for 315 world languages. Instruction is available in English or in 144 other home languages.
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Digital Downloads for the Whole Family

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