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Sunday, March 06, 2016

Digital Magazines through Overdrive



 by Edward Hirst Rowan Public Library
Rowan Public Library is pleased to offer a new service for our customers: free access to over seventy-five digital magazines in full-color and a familiar magazine print layout. This service is made possible through our partnership with Overdrive, our digital ebook supplier and North Carolina Digital Library. For those who aren't familiar with OverDrive, it is the platform used by Rowan Public Library to lend digital books the same way we lend physical books. This can include items like audio books, ebooks, streaming video and will soon include Nook Newsstand titles, one of the leading providers of digital magazines. Rowan Public Library is a member of North Carolina Digital Library, a consortium of libraries from across the state. Membership in this consortium allows the library to offer a wider selection of materials at a lower cost then we could on our own.
Library customers can check out these digital magazines with a valid library card and PIN. Magazines can be read on a NOOK tablet or by using the free NOOK Reading App available for a multitude of smartphones and tablets. A free NOOK account is required and can be created at www.barnesandnobles.com.
Titles that will be available for checkout include the following favorites: Motor Trend, Bloomberg Business Week, Do It Yourself, The Family Handyman, Newsweek, American History, Vanity Fair, Elle, Food Network Magazine, Outside, and Wired. The titles never expire and don’t go away until you delete them. There are never any overdue fines associated with electronic titles.
Be sure to check out this great new resource from Rowan Public Library.

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