The Palace Project App
Be a pioneer in Canada's digital library experience and lend a hand in shaping the future. The Palace Project App is the newest option to access your favourite digital content. Available for both iOS and Android, this app consolidates eBooks and eAudiobooks from Libby by OverDrive and offers access to a small, but growing, selection of Audible audiobooks.
With The Palace Project App, you’ll enjoy an evolving experience as you explore a diverse collection of titles and find your next great read or listen, all in one place!
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Help Us Enhance Your Digital Borrowing Experience
Be among the first in Canada to experience this groundbreaking app and help shape the future of digital library lending.
The Palace Project App is part of an exciting pilot program, and the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) is proud to be one of the first libraries in Canada to participate alongside the Vancouver Public Library (VPL). This library-led initiative is a new borrowing experience that combines eBook and eAudiobook titles from multiple sources into one platform.
Access a Growing Audible Collection
As an EPL member, you’ll be among the first to get free access to select titles from Audible. With your support, this collection is set to grow, providing even more opportunities to explore new and diverse titles beyond the usual bestsellers. Stay tuned as we continue to expand our offerings, bringing you more content and stories you want!
Learn more about The Palace Project
First launched in the US in 2021, the Palace Project is an emerging, library-centered suite of tools and services that prioritizes digital privacy and new lending models, including looking toward digital ownership for libraries.
The name, “The Palace Project,” is a reference to sociologist Eric Klinenberg’s book Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life.
Learn more about the Palace Project and its mission to support public libraries.
See upcoming features in development for the apps and platform on The Palace Project’s public roadmap.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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The Palace Project is a set of tools and services for public libraries developed by a non-profit, library-focused initiative. The Palace Project App can incorporate multiple digital collections into one interface–EPL customers will have access to select Audible titles and to the Libby by OverDrive eBook and eAudiobook collection through The Palace Project App. Customers can borrow, place holds, read or listen, and return titles from The Palace Project App.
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Audible, an Amazon company, is an American online eAudiobook and podcast service that is best known for allowing customers to stream and purchase eAudiobooks through its paid membership program. Audible publishes thousands of eAudiobook titles annually.
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Not at this time – EPL’s Audible titles are made available exclusively through The Palace Project App.
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Edmonton residents, L-Pass cardholders, and persons living on an Indigenous Reserve or Métis settlement. Please see EPL’s membership information, opens a new window for more details on eligibility.
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Currently, up to 30 holds can be placed across The Palace Project App’s Audible titles and the Libby by OverDrive collection.
