Forsyth County Public Library (FCPL) patrons have enjoyed the Libby app (by Overdrive) for free access to eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, and more for a number of years.
Last year, FCPL added The Palace Project funded by Georgia Public Library Service as an additional resource for accessing eBooks and eAudiobooks.
The Palace Project app provides thousands of free eBooks and eAudiobooks for your eReading enjoyment! This app is not a substitute for Libby, but rather an additional platform you can use to find exclusive content and possibly shorter wait times on your to-read list titles!
Palace has added copies of high-demand titles. Long holds wait times in other apps? See if it’s available in Palace!
Please note, The Palace Project is a newer app that can be a little quirky sometimes. You may experience more technical difficulties with The Palace Project than you are used to in Libby. Try it anyway! The more people who use this app, the more likely the developers are to learn of and fix technical issues.
Which should you choose? Libby or The Palace Project?
You don’t actually have to pick just one! Many power-readers keep Libby for their Kindle reading and use The Palace Project to find hidden gems or classic titles that are often available without a hold.
Below is a quick reference about some of the differences between Libby and The Palace Project:
NEW to The Palace Project: eRead Kids!
eRead Kids is a digital library for children with more than 45,000 eBooks and eAudiobooks available to all public libraries in Georgia. Explore the collection of fiction and non-fiction picture books, basic readers, graphic novels, and chapter books in English and Spanish for kids in pre-K to 4th grade. eRead Kids can currently only be accessed through The Palace Project app, but stay tuned for browser-based access soon!
All eRead Kids content is available in the Forsyth County Public Library "library" in The Palace Project, but if you'd like to filter out all the adult books in Palace and only see the eRead Kids content, you can add "eRead Kids - Forsyth County Public Library" as a separate library on The Palace Project app. All you need is your library card and library PIN.
Need help getting started with The Palace Project?
Check out this helpful guide.
Meredith Causey, FCPL Materials Services Manager
Leslie Marinelli, FCPL Communications Manager
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