The Hong Kong Public Libraries has launched the OverDrive Chinese eBooks service since 20 December 2024. This e-books collection offers a variety of Chinese e-books, covering such topics as literature and fiction, spiritual support, household knowledge, technology and medicines, business and economics, social sciences, as well as history and biographies. Good reads for children and youths are also included. Apart from online reading with library accounts on personal computers or mobile devices anytime and anywhere, readers may also download e-books for offline reading via the Libby mobile app. For details of the OverDrive Chinese e-Books service, please visit the e-book webpage.

With effect from 23 April 2024, the loan and reservation quotas of e-book collections will be increased from 4 or 8 items to 10 items. The loan and renewal periods of the Chinese e-book Collections will also be extended from 7 days to 14 days.

For details of the e-book lending service of the Hong Kong Public Libraries, please refer to the “Overview of e-Book Collections”.

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Date & Time

Venue

e-Reading :
e-Books, e-Magazines and e-Databases

16.1.2025 (Thursday)
4 - 5 pm

User Education Hall,
G/F, Hong Kong Central Library,
66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

- Free admission on a first-come, first-served basis.  Reservations are not required.
- Readers are welcome to bring along the smart phone or tablet.
- The programme is conducted in Cantonese.  For enquiries : 2921 0222.

- Top 10 most popular e-books list available!  

- Highlights of e-books in other languages.

- e-Magazines databases list available.