We have moved eBooks and eAudio books to a single provider to make access easier for our borrowers. We have undertaken an extensive research exercise and believe that BorrowBox provides the best quality and range of titles for our borrowers, including exclusive content unavailable elsewhere, and has the most user-friendly app.
The BorrowBox app – this is available for Apple devices (OS 9.3 or later), Android devices (4.2 or later), and Windows 10. The app is also available for the Amazon Kindle Fire. There is also a website version of Borrowbox at https://solihull.borrowbox.com/ .
Emagazines are available from OverDrive, access these via the Libby app or OverDrive website.
Use Pressreader and Newsbank for eNewspapers.
In the Borrowbox app, choose eBooks or eAudiobooks from the menu at the bottom of the screen and then at the top choose All Releases. A box will appear labelled Available, tick that and the app will only show titles not on loan.
On the website version of Borrowbox, choose eBooks or eAudiobooks at the top, and there will be a heading All Titles/Available at the top of the list - click Available for titles not on loan.
If you are already a library member, then you can use this number and your PIN to log into Borrowbox straightaway.
If you are not a member you can join online or join in a library free of charge.
If your email address is in your library record, you can reset your PIN anytime via the library catalogue. If this doesn’t work or your email address isn’t on your library record, email 247library@solihull.gov.uk and we can add your email address to your record.
Your membership may have expired, this happens after 2 years.
Contact your local library or email us on 247library@solihull.gov.uk with your name and address as confirmation and we will renew your card. If you have moved address but not told us, please include both your previous address (i.e. the one on your library record) and your new address (along with any other changed details, e.g. telephone number, name etc) and we’ll update your record.
If your card has not expired, we will contact you to discuss what might be wrong, e.g. overdue loans causing your card to be blocked.
Yes, these last for 2 years from joining.
Most of the time, tablets and other devices will store the login details if you choose to, so no.
5 eAudio books and 5 eBooks.
Emagazines and eNewspapers are unlimited.
If you have an Adobe-compatible ereader (like a Kobo), you can download Borrowbox books on a computer, then use Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) to transfer them to your device. Fuller instructions are available.
Yes - its easy to do this. Just press down on the cover in Borrowbox for a few seconds and a menu will come up saying Add to Reading List.
You can have multiple accounts with BorrowBox, but you’ll need to sign in and out to switch between them. To do this, go to Account Settings and Reset App. Each account would retain loans and any holds, but downloads would be removed..