Downloadable and streaming eBooks, audiobooks, music, movies, comics, and TV shows are available to all residents of Danbury with a valid Danbury Library card. Downloadable content can be accessed through your personal computer, smart phone, or tablet using the applications listed below.
Need a helping hand with getting started?
Visit us, give us a call, or try out the tutorials available in the link below.
Visit us, give us a call, or try out the tutorials available in the link below.
Need a library card?
Apply online and we will e-mail you a card number which will allow you to access the digital services below.
Apply online and we will e-mail you a card number which will allow you to access the digital services below.
Download eBooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines to your phone, tablet, or computer through OverDrive. Titles available through OverDrive were chosen with Danbury patrons in mind!
OverDrive
- 10 checkouts at a time
- 10 holds at a time
- Loan Period: 7, 14, or 21 days
- Renewable: No
Hoopla Digital allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone. With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.
Hoopla
- 3 checkouts per month
- Stream or download
- Loan Period: 3 days for movie & TV content
- Loan Period: 7 days for music albums
- Loan Period: 21 days for ebooks, audiobooks, & comics
- Renewable: Yes
Palace is a free, easy-to-use e-reader app that lets you find, check out, and read or listen to ebooks and audiobooks from the Connecticut State Library.
The Palace Project
- Loan and hold limits dependent upon content providers
- Loan period range: 14 days – unlimited
- No renewals
Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema.
Kanopy
- 15 tickets reset at the beginning of the month
- Loan Period: 3 days
- Renewable: No
Unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from a variety of library-friendly publishers.
Comics Plus
- Unlimited access
- Enjoy in web browser or app
- Youth and Full Collection versions available
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love.
TumbleBooks
- Unlimited access
- Enjoy in web browser
- Adobe Flash required
SebcoBooks provides interactive, non-fiction eBooks for kids. Use our login: Danbury, our password: library, and your library card number as your ID to get started.
Sebco Books
- Unlimited Access
- Enjoy in web browser
- Adobe Flash required
- Login: Danbury
- Password: library
- ID: Your library barcode number
Connecticut Library for Accessible Books (CT LAB)
CT LAB lends books and magazines in audio and braille formats, for free, to any Connecticut resident who is unable to read regular print due to a visual, reading, or physical disability.