Are you tired of waiting for the latest bestseller? Do you tear through a book long before it's due? Check out cloudLibrary, San Jose Public Library's "Lucky Day style" eBook platform. cloudLibrary has the latest and greatest popular titles that are available on a first come, first serve basis with no holds.
These eBooks are checked out for 7-days at a time, making them a great way to skip long hold lines if you are lucky and find them when they become available. If you are still waiting for a hold on a hit book to come in, why not see if you can get it on cloudLibrary in the meantime?
Note: If you find a book and do not see a borrowing button on the title's page after logging in, chances are that it has been checked out to someone else. You can try again at a later time to get it!
Just want something to read/listen to right now? Check out the library's Always Available collections in Overdrive - stream or download audiobooks, Indie eBooks, Classic Lit Collection, Graphic Novels, or choose from a variety of eBooks, eAudio, and graphic novels on Hoopla Digital.
Prefer to read a physical book? SJPL still has plenty of copies of the latest hit title in the Lucky Day collection at your local branch.
Here are just a few of the most popular titles with long hold lines in Overdrive that are also in cloudLibrary, just select the catalog link titled "A downloadable eBook from cloudLibrary available to San Jose Library customers" to see if it is available now.
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