Welcome to Kentucky Libraries Unbound!

With this service and your library card, you can download free:

  • Audio books to listen to on your computer or portable device
  • Ebooks to read on your computer or e-reader
  • Music to listen to on your computer or portable device
  • Videos to watch on your computer of portable device.

You can check out 10 Overdrive media items at a time, place holds for items, and choose your own lending period!

NOTE: Your library card needs to be in good standing to check-out material from Overdrive. If you are having trouble, please call your local library. The Main Library has a download station to use when checking out Overdrive material in-house. Please see a librarian for more information.

Want to learn how to use Overdrive? The free Digital Media class at the Main Library teaches how to borrow material and load it on your personal device. See the library calendar for class schedule information.

How to guides

Computer eReader MP3 Player Mobile device
Windows   Audio Audio
Mac eBook   eBook

Kindle eBooks

Kindle books transfer through Amazon, and therefore funtion slightly differently than ePub books for other readers.

Video Guides

For Kindle

The Overdrive APP is now available for NOOK! Learn how to install it on your device here.

For ADE & Nook

Notice titles missing from Overdrive?

Have you wondered why you can't find certain titles available as eBooks through the library? It isn't because we don't want to provide them for you! With the emergence and popularity of eBooks, many things are changing in the publishing industry as technology and mindsets adapt to this new form of media. Below are some of the publishers who refuse to sell or license eBooks to public libraries:

  • Macmillan Publishing
  • Simon & Schuster
  • Penguin Group
  • Brilliance Audio
  • Hachette Book Group

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