Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction Resources
A
service from your public library, Next Good Book lets you use the
collective opinions of thousands of readers to find your next good book.
You can create virtual bookshelves with your favorite books, titles you're
currently reading and books you'd like to read in the future. As you read
and discover new books, you can share your opinions with thousands of others.
You can see who else is reading a book, join book discussion groups with other
readers and authors, search by title, author, subject, most recently reviewed,
newest books, or find books similar to your favorite titles. Over 5
million books to choose from!
The library staff will help you set up your NetLibrary eBook account. Then, log in with your username and password.
Download
hundreds
of hours of DVD-quality programming such as cooking, travel, health programs,
classic movies and more! Brought to you by the library for
FREE!
Using a high speed Internet connection, patrons having a BMPL card
and a Personal Identification Number (PIN) can download DVD-quality video
to their home computers through
MyLibrarydv.
NOTE:
You must be a registered
BMPL borrower, with a 14-digit BMPL bar code and a 4-digit PIN to access this
service. If you do not
have a PIN,
contact the library
to obtain one.
Join
our FREE Online Book Clubs. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will
receive
in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of
the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book.
Click on a book below to see what we're reading this week and sign up.
BMPL's Online Book Clubs
This week's books —
Sign up and start reading
Monthly
book newsletters can be read online or delivered to your email.
Select from over 20 genres and age groups, plus award winners and best
sellers.
Read a current newsletter now or
sign up to receive a copy each month in
your email.
BookPage is a monthly book
review publication distributed to more than 400,000 readers through
subscribing bookstores and public libraries. BookPage serves as a
broad-based selection guide to the best new books published every month.
The tone is upbeat and literate, focusing on bestsellers as well as new
discoveries. All of the content from the print edition of BookPage is
also posted online each month at bookpage.com.
Click on the BookPageXTRA link to sign up for FREE book news
delivered to your e-mail inbox!
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Book One Community -- We
invite you to join us in this community-wide reading program. A
different title is selected each year from the various fiction and
non-fiction nominations made by community members. Click on the
link to the left to find out what the current selection is, and for more
information on the accompanying programs that the library will offer.
Log
in with your BMPL barcode, then select eAudiobooks. Create
an account, then transfer titles to your MP3 player for 21 days.
Here you can find links to Web sites that will guide you in writing and reading
poetry.
Books and Reading Resources on the web
Search
our catalog for books, CDs, DVDs, audio and videotapes, periodicals and other
materials.
You can search by Title, Author, Subject, Series Title and more.
Databases
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Note: INSPIRE is available to all Indiana
residents. Other databases may require a Batesville Memorial Public
Library bar code and perhaps a password or PIN to access. If you have a valid BMPL
borrower's card and do not have a PIN, please contact the library and we will
assign one to you.
