The program, called The Banned Book Club, provides readers with free access to books pulled from shelves of their local libraries. The e-books will be available to readers via the Palace e-reader app.

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The Charles County Public Library unveiled improvements to its mobile app this week, enabling users to manage accounts, check ...

If you’ve ever bought an e-book from Amazon, you already know you don’t really own it. Sure, it’s in your Kindle library and you can read it in the app. But try moving it to another device or ...

Having problems finding books in Florida that have been banned in the local library? It just got a little easier. This program makes ebook and audiobook versions of books that have been banned in your ...

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Kenyan families can now access over 2,700 free children's books through M-Pesa's new partnership with Worldreader to add ...