Palace Project Overdrive eRead Kids Blackstone Unlimited
The Palace Project
The Palace Project has access to thousands of eBooks and audiobooks using the Palace app. This new platform includes content of its own, but also enables patrons to connect with Libby, eRead Kids, and our other digital collections in one place. This access is limited to eBooks and eAudiobooks only. Magazines remain available only via the Libby app.
Your username is your NGRL library card number (no spaces) and your password is the PIN (or PINES password) created when you signed up for your library card. It often defaults to the last four digits of your phone number. If you don’t remember your PIN, drop by the library to get a new one!
The Palace Project eBooks and eAudiobooks can be checked out for up to 14 days and renewals may be available if not on hold for other patrons. Items will automatically return on their due date.
Quick Start
Mobile Users (iOS, Android)
- Step 1: Download The Palace Project App from your mobile app store.
- Step 2: Follow the prompts in your app to add a library (choose Northwest Georgia Regional Library System) and to sign in using your NGRL library card and PINES password/PIN.
- Step 3: Find an eBook or eAudiobook you like and download it!
- Step 4: Digital materials will automatically return themselves at the end of the checkout period.
Computer & eReader Users (Windows, Mac & Kindle eReader)
The Palace Project is an app-only project. If you’re interested in accessing eBooks and eAudiobooks on a desktop or eReader, please consider using Libby.
Need Help?
For additional help, please email ebooks@ngrl.org. You can also drop by your local library for assistance or contact Betsy at 706-876-1365 during library hours.
OverDrive/Libby
OverDrive provides access to hundreds of eBooks and eAudiobooks through the Libby mobile app or through a computer. Your username is your NGRL library card number (no spaces) and your password is the PIN (or PINES password) created when you signed up for your library card. If you don’t remember your PIN, drop by the library to get a new one.
OverDrive eBooks and eAudiobooks can be checked out for up to 14 days with one renewal. Renewals will not be available if an item has a hold. You can have up to five items out at a time, and items will automatically return on their due date. Library cards must say Northwest Georgia Regional Library System on them and cannot be expired.
Georgia Download Destination (GADD)
NGRL participates in large consortium with other libraries, enabling everyone to have access to more content at lower prices called Georgia Download Destination. There are more than 20,000 eBooks and eAudiobooks available through GADD. To access it, you must choose “Georgia Download Destination” as the library when signing up for Libby or use https://gadd.overdrive.com. Magazines are now available when using this library.
Northwest Georgia Regional Library System
You may also add an additional library and choose “Northwest Georgia Regional Library System” or use https://ngrls.overdrive.com to access titles that are exclusively available to NGRL patrons. Library cards should begin with 21038 to use this library system; if it does not, please use the GADD library above. Those titles will have shorter holds and may be easier to check out and requests for additional purchases will likely appear in this collection. GADD titles will not be visible when searching under this library.
Quick Start
Mobile Users (iOS, Android, Kindle Fire)
- Step 1: Download the Libby App (OverDrive App for Kindle Fire) from your mobile app store.
- Step 2: Follow the prompts in your app to add a library (choose Georgia Download Destination and set up a second library for Northwest Georgia Regional Library) and to sign in using your NGRL library card and PINES password/PIN.
- Step 3: Find an eBook or eAudiobook you like and download it!
- Step 4: Digital materials will automatically return themselves at the end of the checkout period.
Computer & eReader Users (Windows, Mac & Kindle eReader)
- Step 1: Open your browser and visit https://gadd.overdrive.com or https://ngrls.overdrive.com/ and log in using your NGRL library card and PINES password/PIN.
- Step 2: Find an eBook or eAudiobook you like and borrow it.
- Step 3: Go to Loans and choose an option
- Read on a Kindle eReader (redirects to the Amazon website to complete the download)
- Read in the browser (only works while connected to the internet)
- Download the PDF version (requires Adobe Digital Editions desktop app and an Adobe ID)
- Step 4: Digital materials will automatically return themselves at the end of the checkout period.
Need Help?
For additional help, please visit OverDrive Help or email ebooks@ngrl.org. You can also drop by your local library for assistance or contact Betsy at 706-876-1365 during library hours.
eRead Kids
eRead Kids is provided for free to all Georgia families. Designed for pre-K to 4th grade kids, there are almost 15,000 fiction and non-fiction ebooks and audiobooks that can be downloaded or read online through the Palace Project App on your tablet or smartphone.
eRead Kids books check out for two weeks at a time and kids can have up to 5 items on their library card. Up to 10 items can be placed on hold, and items can be returned early to free up item slots. Login using your library card number and PIN. Note: Your PIN is the same as your password for logging into gapines.org.
Quick Start – Beginning December 3, 2025
Mobile Users (iOS, Android)
- Step 1: Download The Palace Project App from your mobile app store.
- Step 2: Follow the prompts in your app to add a library (choose eRead Kids) and to sign in using your NGRL library card and PINES password/PIN.
- Step 3: Find an eBook or eAudiobook you like and download it!
- Step 4: Digital materials will automatically return themselves at the end of the checkout period.
Need Help?
For additional help, drop by your local library for assistance or contact Betsy at 706-876-1365 during library hours.
Blackstone Unlimited
Blackstone Unlimited provides access to thousands of eAudiobooks through the Blackstone Unlimited mobile app or through a computer. Your username is your NGRL library card number (no spaces) and your password is the PIN (or PINES password) created when you signed up for your library card. If you don’t remember your PIN, drop by the library to get a new one.
Blackstone Unlimited eAudiobooks can be checked out for up to 14 days. Items will automatically return on their due date. Library cards must say Northwest Georgia Regional Library System on them and cannot be expired.
Mobile Users (iOS & Android)
- Step 1: Download the Blackstone Unlimited App
- Step 2: Select Log In / Sign Up and enter an email address. You’ll be sent a verification code to that email address.
- Step 3: Complete sign-up with your name, your Library Card Number, PIN, and the local library system (Northwest Georgia Regional Library System).
- Step 4: Find a title that you would like to listen to and choose “borrow”.
- Step 5: Listen online via data or wireless internet, or download up to 10 titles to listen to offline.
Computer Users (Windows & Mac)
- Step 1: Open your browser and visit https://www.blackstoneunlimited.com
- Step 2: Select Log In / Sign Up and enter an email address. You’ll be sent a verification code to that email address.
- Step 3: Complete sign-up with your name, your Library Card Number, PIN, and the local library system (Northwest Georgia Regional Library System).
- Step 4: Find a title that you would like to listen to and choose “borrow.”
- Step 5: Listen online using your browser.
Need Help?
For additional help, drop by your local library for assistance or contact Betsy at 706-876-1365 during library hours.