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Check out new magazines whenever you want with Flipster

By admin|2023-10-25T15:36:09-04:00December 9, 2017|

You can now access dozens of popular magazines whenever you want and for free.

All you need is a smart device—like a tablet, computer or smartphone—a Mentor Public Library card, and the library’s newest digital service, Flipster.

You can check out both new and back issues of 56 different magazines with Flipster, including People, Atlantic, Times, Cosmopolitan, Bon Appetit, Highlights, New Yorker, Money, Redbook, Rolling Stone, US Weekly, Vogue and Teen Vogue, Wired, Runner’s World, Women’s Health, Zoobooks, and Vanity Fair.

There are two ways you can borrow magazines using Flipster:

online. Access it via our website. Go to the front page, scroll down to Digital Resources, and click on Flipster.
via the Flipster app, which is available for free on the Google Play and iTunes App stores. All you’ll need to sign in is your library card number.

Now start browsing. Your favorite magazines are now at your beck and call.

Own the music you love for free with Freegal

By admin|2017-03-04T06:00:45-05:00March 4, 2017|

Do you love music but don’t want to spend money on iTunes, Spotify, Tidal or—you know—CDs?

Try Freegal. It lets you download DRM-free mp3s of your favorite songs. Moreover, once you download a song, you can keep the mp3 forever. Put it on your phone, your computer, your iPod–wherever you want. It’s yours. You can download up to five songs a week.

You also get unlimited streaming, if you prefer that.

And it’s free with your library card.

You’re waiting for the catch, there isn’t one. You can get the music you want—right now, for free.

And Freegal’s library is enormous. It includes everything from Carole King to Miles Davis, Willie Nelson to Nas.

In fact, Freegal’s collection is so large that it can be overwhelming. So we’ve created some playlists to help you navigate.

Get listening, and let us know your favorite albums so we can share them.

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