eBooks & eAudiobooks

NEW: We now a offer a new servcie for Kobo users: Kobo Integration! Kobo users can now connect CloudLibrary and their Kobo account, allowing them to download available titles directly to their Kobo e-link device without additonal software, cables, sideloading, or file management.  Instructions are below.

NOTICE: To comply with newly enacted Mississippi Code, §39-3-25, as of July 1, 2023, eBooks and eAudiobooks on both the CloudLibrary and hoopla platforms will only be available for checkout to adults 18-years and older. 

All eBook/eAudiobook patrons must install the new CloudLibrary app to their mobile device to continue to check-out digital materials. If you were able to download the old app, you should have no problem with the new CloudLibrary app. Just go to your app store (i.e., Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon App, etc.), search for "free CloudLibrary," and download/install the app. Then open the app on your device, search for and click on "Bolivar County Library System," and log-in with your current credentials (i.e.., your library card number and PIN). If can't remember your PIN or don't have one, stop by the library to get one.

Go to https://yourcloudlibrary.com/en/home.html to get started.

Kobo Integration: From within your CloudLibrary app, login if you haven't already done so. Then, click into "Account" and look for and click on "Kobo Connect." When the "Connect Your Kobo Account" page comes up, click on "Connect." Next, you will be prompted to sign-in to your Kobo account, just click "Continue" and then "Accept" when prompted. You will see a page with "Your Kobo account is now connected to CloudLibrary," and you can then click "Close." Once your account is connected, you will see "Send to Kobo"  in the Book Details of titles that are available in the Kobo catalog. Three things to be aware of. First, that you can still read titles sent to Kobo in the CloudLibrary app, but your reading position will not sync between the two apps. Second, that if you renew a title, you should send the title to Kobo again. And, finally, you will need version 5.15 of the CloudLibrary Mobile apps.

Things to Know:

--As before, if an eBook or eAudiobook is not available that you would like to read, you may request that BCLS consider purchasing the item; however, we cannot guarantee we will purchase any requested title. Just ask for a Request Card at the Circulation Desk.

--Up to three titles may be checked out at a time for up to three weeks each

--When you finish a book, you may return it early or just wait and it will disappear from your device when the check-out period ends. Be aware, however, that if you have three book checked out, you will not be able to check-out another book until one is returned

--If a BCLS title is already checked out, you may place a Reserve/Hold on the item and will be notified when it is available

--In addition to titles purchased by BCLS, titles from other MS libraries in the CloudLibrary consortium (other libraries in MS that use CloudLibrary) will be available for check-out through CloudLink. CloudLink is seamless in that, if an eBook/eAudiobook is available (i.e., not checked out) from one of the libraries in the consortium, it will appear as "Available" within BCLS's collection. Be aware that books from other libraries in the consortium will appear in BCLS's collection ONLY if they are "Available" for checkout and cannot be placed on Reserve/Hold.

--BCLS patrons will always have priority on BCLS titles 

Unfortunately, the Mississippi Library Commision did not renew the subscription for hoopla; accordingly, this service is no longer available. 

Do you still need more help with CloudLibrary and hoopla? Contact Tamara Blackwell, Reference Services Librarian, at (662) 843-2774 ext. 104.