The Big Library Reads global eBook reading club is back
March 16 - March 30, 2017

Big Library Read is an opportunity for readers around the world to read the same digital title at the same time without any wait lists or holds. Simply login to the South Jersey Audiobook and eBook Download Center hosted by OverDrive with a valid Atlantic County Library System card and PIN, borrow the eBook Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, filings, and Life by Kate McDermott, and join the discussion.

Hailed as one of 2016’s "Best Cookbooks," "The Pie-Baking Bible," and "an instant classic" --
this is the only PIE cookbook you need.

Kate McDermott learned to make pie from her Iowa grandmother and has taught the time-honored craft of pie-making to thousands of people across America. Here she shares her secrets to great crusts (including gluten-free options), fabulous fillings, and to living a good life. Her Art of the Pie camps, and her pies have been featured in USA Today, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Real Simple, Saveur, and on NPR, among other outlets.

Kate lives in her Pie Cottage in Port Angeles, Washington. More information about Art of the Pie® Workshops and Pie Camps® can be found at artofthepie.com.

Art of Pie can be read on all major computers and devices, including iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phones and tablets, Chromebook™ and Kindle®. The eBook will be available with no wait lists and will automatically expire at the end of the 2 week lending period.

For more information and to join the discussion on the Big Library Read, visit BigLibraryRead.com.

Note: As of June 27, 2017, Zinio is now RBdigital Magazines. Same service, new name.

The New Year brings new subscriptions to the Atlantic County Library System's eMagazine collection. In addition to some of your favorites, US Weekly, Rolling Stone and Men's Journal are now available to download on your PC, tablet, or mobile device.

New content also includes the introduction of bookazines by Time, Time Life, People and Cooking Light.  Bookazines are monthly/bi-monthly publications that focus on a specific subject or event and presented in an magazine format.  For example, Time's January bookazine issue compiles articles and pictures in remembrance of Pearl Harbor while Cooking Light's spotlights slow cooker recipes. 

Need a little stress release? Two downloadable adult coloring books were also added to the collection and the pages can easily be printed for your enjoyment.  All Zinio¹ titles are yours for free with a valid ACLS account and PIN and yours to keep for as long as you want.

¹ Look for the re- branding of Zinio magazines coming in early 2017.

Adult fiction authors are copying a page from their young adult counterparts by publishing "e-shorts," usually 150 pages or less. Only available in digital format, e-shorts are short stories that enhance and expand on an original work or series. E-shorts can be based on events that happened before or after the original storyline or may be about auxiliary events that are casually mentioned within the story. Written either from the perspective of the main character or from the perspective other characters in the story, these nuggets are a supplementary way to revisit stories and characters you love and want to know more about.

Check out the e-shorts that have recently been added to our OverDrive and Axis 360 eCollections:

• Shine by Jodi Picoult (companion to Small Great Things)
• Witness to A Trial by John Grisham (Prequel to The Whistler)
• The Shell Game: A Fox and O'Hare Story by Janet Evanovich
• Small Wars: A Jack Reacher Story by Lee Child
• The Deliveryman: A Lincoln Rhyme Short Story by Jeffrey Deaver

Taking it a step further, James Patterson has penned a new series of e-shorts called "BookShots" because, as he advertises, "Life moves fast - books should too."  Hunted, French Kiss, Killer Chef, Private: The Royals & Come and Get Us are just a few of Patterson's e-short titles available to ACLS patrons in our OverDrive eCollection.

With only 150 page or less, you might finish your e-short in hours -- remember to return your checkouts early so others can enjoy a quick e-read too.