E-Books, Audio, and Video
Free any time with your library card
The library offers two apps–Palace and Libby–and two major categories of digital materials: downloadable books (audio/e-books) and streaming video. The collections overlap, but each app has unique titles and features. The links and notes below will help you get started, and library staff members are happy to help any time.
E-Books and Audiobooks
Free to Brooks Memorial Library cardholders via the Green Mountain Library Consortium
Libby, by Overdrive
Check out titles directly on the Libby app, OR through the Brooks Memorial Library catalog.
Works on
smart phones, tablets, computers, and Kindles
Features
Libby is linked to several video services–Kanopy, The Great Courses, and Qello–which are described in more detail on this page.
Tips for setting up Libby
Select Yes when asked if you have a library card.
Search for Brooks Memorial Library and choose the Green Mountain Library Consortium (GMLC)
When prompted for your library card and password, use the same password/PIN that you use for your Brooks Memorial Library account, usually the last four digits of your phone number.
Free to all Vermont library cardholders from the VT Department of Libraries
The Palace Project
Check out titles directly on the Palace app (currently, Palace titles are not included in the library’s general catalog).
Works on
smart phones and tablets (not on computers or Kindles)
Features
Palace also includes all of the e-book/audio content on Libby, so if you like the Palace app, it’s a convenient single stop.
The project developed to give libraries more control over their content, and we expect it to keep getting better.
Tips for setting up Palace
Tap Settings > Libraries and search for Brooks Memorial.
When prompted for your library card and password, use the same password/PIN that you use for your Brooks Memorial Library account, usually the last four digits of your phone number.
Are you looking for a downloadable e-book or audiobook that you can’t find in our apps? Please fill out the suggest/request a title form, and let us know your preferred format: e-book or audio. We’ll buy it if we can.
Streaming Video: Movies, Lectures, and Concerts
Kanopy
U.S. and world cinema, selections from the Criterion Collection, award-winning documentaries, and more. Also includes Kanopy Kids for favorites to watch again and again.
Brooks cardholders can access Kanopy two ways:
- Go directly to Kanopy and create an account (let us know if you need help with your library card number and PIN), or
- Access through Libby on a mobile or computer.
The Great Courses Library Collection
Engaging college-level lectures. Experience the pure joy of learning from scholars who love their subjects.
Access through Libby on a mobile or computer.
Stingray Qello
Full-length concerts and music documentaries streamed on-demand to your device.
Access through Libby on a mobile or computer.
If you have questions or would like personal assistance getting started, contact us. We’re happy to help!
Free Online Audiobooks, E-Books, and Video
Here are a few of the great resources available at no cost on the Web, beginning in our own community.
Brattleboro Community TV
Brattleboro’s award-winning BCTV offers local news, entertainment, and education, including an archive of many Library-sponsored programs. BCTV covers live meetings of the Brattleboro Selectboard and town committees. Check out the great variety, and connect with your community.
Vermont Humanities Video Archive
Access a selected, ever-expanding archive of events sponsored the Vermont Humanities Council in partnership with Vermont public libraries. If you missed a program, you might find it here–and you might find welcome surprises from other venues all over Vermont.
