Downloadable Books & Magazines
If you need help with your library card or PIN, please email askalibrarian@albanypublic library.org or call (518) 427-4300.
Libby
Libby is a free app you can use to download e-books, audiobooks, and magazines with your library card.
Check out up to 10 items at a time. Content can be enjoyed for up to 21 days. If there is no waiting list, you can renew an item one time. You may place requests on items and have them automatically checked out to you when they become available.
In addition to your library card, you will need a valid email address and the Libby app. If you do not have a mobile device, you can read eBooks in your browser or download software to your computer to read e-books or listen to audiobooks.
Hoopla
Hoopla is a free app you can use to borrow audiobooks, music, ebooks, comics, and magazines.
Albany Public Library provides you 3 instant borrows each month. These digital borrows will reset every month and you can borrow more than one title at a time. Books are available for 21 days, and music titles are available for 7 days.
To sign up for Hoopla visit Hoopla Digital and click “Get Started.” Follow the prompts to create an account and select Albany Public Library. If you have a library account from a different UHLS library, please select that library to continue signing up.
What's in your queue?
After the owner of a successful family business is murdered, attorney Dismas Hardy, who doubts the guilt of the chief suspect, navigates the dangerous secrets & gold-digger agendas to identify the killer.
For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception. Now, for the first time, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs.
When Mega Robot Monsters begin suddenly turning up all over the place, Hilo teams up with Gina in the hopes that she & some of his brand-new superpowers will save the day.