{"id":13337,"date":"2024-07-18T12:15:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T10:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/?page_id=13337"},"modified":"2025-11-13T12:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:04:28","slug":"e-books-kubo-club-eng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/services-eng\/e-books-kubo-club-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"E-books &#8211; Palmknihy, KUBO CLUB, Bookport, Libby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Library and e-Loans (Palmknihy)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Regional Library in \u017dilina with the Czech portal Palmknihy (formerly eReading) offers its users access to more than 8,000 e-books as one of five Slovak libraries. Users may loan e-books from the comfort of their home via the <a href=\"https:\/\/zsk.tritius.sk\/\"><strong>online catalogue<\/strong><\/a>. The loaned e-books are shown in the Palmknihy application with a visible return date. You may loan <strong>3 e-books<\/strong> at one time for <strong>1,50 \u20ac<\/strong> for each book with the loan period of <strong>30 days<\/strong>. The following day after the loan period expires, the e-book will delete on its own from the application (even without internet access). E-books cannot be returned sooner; users must wait until the loan period ends to loan another e-book.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Procedure for readers \u2013 loan e-books!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How to start? Connect to the e-Loan system <\/strong><strong>(registration needed only for the first use):<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>register <\/strong><strong>to our library,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmknihy.cz\/aplikace\"><strong>Palmknihy app<\/strong><\/a> for phones, tablets, and e-readers with an <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=cz.albatrosmedia.palmknihy\"><strong>Android<\/strong><\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/sk\/app\/palmknihy\/id1468124335\"><strong>iOS<\/strong><\/a> system for free,<\/li>\n<li>in the app, <strong>register with the same e-mail <\/strong>that you registered with in the library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Palmknihy app support<\/p>\n<table width=\"684\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"133\"><strong>Platform<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"156\"><strong>Version<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><strong>Reading device<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"188\"><strong>Download link<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"133\">Android<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">5 a newer<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">mobile phones, tablets, e-readers<\/td>\n<td width=\"188\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=cz.albatrosmedia.palmknihy\">Google Play<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"133\">Android<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">4.2.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">older e-readers<\/td>\n<td width=\"188\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmknihy.cz\/app-armv7-release_203.apk\">File for download<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"133\">iOS<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">11 a newer<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">iPhone, iPad<\/td>\n<td width=\"188\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/sk\/app\/palmknihy\/id1468124335\">App Store<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How to loan e-books?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Sign into the <strong>online catalogue Carmen,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/katalog.krajskakniznicazilina.sk:8443\/Carmen\/sk\/results?st=SMART&amp;d=594&amp;q=eknihy&amp;w=ALL&amp;p=1&amp;t=GOOGLE&amp;s=publishyeardesc&amp;f=facet_druhdoku_T0L0D0S0M0%3Ddruhdoku_EE\"><strong>find your e-book<\/strong><\/a>and click on <strong>\u201cBorrow Ebook\u201d,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>read and confirm e-book loaning conditions and click on <strong>\u201cRequest e-book\u201d<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>check the final information about the loan and its expiration date,<\/li>\n<li>check your email for the confirmation of the e-loan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Where can you find your e-book? How to open your e-book:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>you will find your e-book in the Palmknihy app in <strong>My E-books<\/strong> section (the e-loan will return on its own after 31 days)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Do you need help? <\/strong><strong>Find more about the app on <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmknihy.cz\/aplikace\">www.palmknihy.cz\/aplikace<\/a>. We wish you lovely reading!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Available <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/katalog.krajskakniznicazilina.sk:8443\/Carmen\/sk\/results?st=SMART&amp;d=594&amp;q=eknihy&amp;w=ALL&amp;p=1&amp;t=GOOGLE&amp;s=publishyeardesc&amp;f=facet_druhdoku_T0L0D0S0M0%3Ddruhdoku_EE\"><strong>e-books in our catalogue<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KUBO CLUB<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is KUBO CLUB?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a Slovak digital library full of children\u2019s e-books that is tailored for reading for children from 2 years old.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KUBO CLUB provides access to more than 1000 children\u2019s books anywhere at any time. All you need is to have an account in the KUBO digital library and link it with your library.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How to do it?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Download the <strong>KUBO \u2013 <\/strong><strong>detsk\u00e9 knihy<\/strong> <strong>app through the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/sk\/app\/kubo-detsk%C3%A9-knihy\/id1504040361\">App Store<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.nativescript.KuboKnihySk&amp;gl=SK\">Google Play<\/a>,\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.kuboknihy.sk\/\">https:\/\/app.kuboknihy.sk\/<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>log in <\/strong><strong>or sign up,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>go to <\/strong><strong>NASTAVENIA<\/strong>(settings) and click\u00a0<strong>PREPOJI\u0164 S\u00a0KNI\u017dNICOU <\/strong><strong>(link with library)<\/strong>. An activated PaySy library card is needed,<\/li>\n<li>choose your library and follow instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And that\u2019s all! After correctly linking with your library, all books in the KUBO app will be unlocked for you, including the weekly new ones. The KUBO digital reading room is available on any digital device with internet access.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bookport<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Regional Library in \u017dilina is one of the members of the Kni\u017enice pre Slovensko (Libraries for Slovakia) consortium. This initiative came as a reaction of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nvk.cvtisr.sk\/medical-library-and-information-services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Scientific Library of SCSTI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the challenges of today\u2019s digital era, which libraries must face. Thanks to this collaboration, we intend to provide you with access to E-sources, in which dozens of full text databases can be found. <\/span><b>Bookport <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of them. <\/span><b>This database <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers electronic loans of e-books published in Grada Publishing, and others, predominantly in Czech language. More than 9 000 e-books from different fields can be accessed. Currently, e-books from the following sections are available: <\/span><b>Health and Medical Literature, Personal Development and Knowledge, Business, Economics and Finance, Law, Taxes and Accounting.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The service offers online and offline access to e-books; one may have six loans at a time. Users are able to highlight the texts, or insert their own notes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>To use the database\u2019s functionalities, the creation of a personal user account is required.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instructions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To use the service, login or initial registration is required.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sn\u00edmka-obrazovky-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14705 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sn\u00edmka-obrazovky-1-300x143.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sn\u00edmka-obrazovky-1-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sn\u00edmka-obrazovky-1-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sn\u00edmka-obrazovky-1-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sn\u00edmka-obrazovky-1-1536x733.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sn\u00edmka-obrazovky-1.png 1894w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After registration\/signing in, choose the Bookport database from the e-sources catalogue. If requested, sign in again.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bez-n\u00e1zvu-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14709 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bez-n\u00e1zvu-1-252x300.png\" alt=\"plag\u00e1t\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bez-n\u00e1zvu-1-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bez-n\u00e1zvu-1.png 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make a new account in the Bookport database, using the same email you used to register into SCSTI.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-reg.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14710 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-reg-211x300.png\" alt=\"plag\u00e1t\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-reg-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-reg.png 639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the available sections of the catalogue, choose \u201cRead online\u201d to read immediately, or \u201cRead offline\u201d and download the Bookport app to be able to read books offline.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-kniha.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14711 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-kniha-300x145.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-kniha-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-kniha-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-kniha-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-kniha-1536x742.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bookport-kniha.png 1895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Libby<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/services-eng\/american-center-zilina-eng\/\"><b>American Center \u017dilina<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes to you with an opportunity of individual reader accounts in the digital <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/menu\/sluz\/eknihy\/eLibraryUSA%20let%C3%A1k.pdf\"><b>eLibraryUSA<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is a digital collection of information sources full of high quality periodicals, newspapers, magazines, books, dissertation theses, and awarded films and videos. It has recently started providing access to the e-library <\/span><b>Libby<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Libby brings unlimited access to thousands of e-books, audiobooks, and magazines <\/span><b>predominantly in the English language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Download the app Libby by Overdrive to use all functions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact American Center \u017dilina (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:zilina@americanspaces.sk\"><b>zilina@americanspaces.sk<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) with your full name and email to join <\/span><b>eLibraryUSA. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afterwards, you will be emailed registration instructions. <\/span><b>Registration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the content of\u00a0 the eLibrary, is only available <\/span><b>in English<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before finishing your registration, you will be informed about what eLibraryUSA offers with a short video-guide. Next, you will need to complete a questionnaire agreeing with respecting the copyright law, not sharing your account with others, etc. After a successful completion, you will receive a certificate confirming you have been informed about everything neccessary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second step is to apply for an eLibraryUSA account. Search for \u201cAmerican Center \u017dilina\u201d in \u201cYour American Spaces\u201d.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/libby.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14712 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/libby-300x142.png\" alt=\"plag\u00e1t\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/libby-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/libby-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/libby-768x363.png 768w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/libby-1536x727.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/libby.png 1902w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a successful registration, we recommend downloading the Libby by Overdrive app from Google Play or App Store to use its services fully and comfortably. You can use all sources (Kanopy, BookFlix, PressReader) online &#8211; on your tablet, phone, or computer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Library and e-Loans (Palmknihy) The Regional Library in \u017dilina with the Czech portal Palmknihy (formerly eReading) offers its users access to more than 8,000 e-books as one of five Slovak libraries. Users may loan e-books from the comfort of their home via the online catalogue. The loaned e-books are shown in the Palmknihy application with &#8230; <a title=\"E-books &#8211; Palmknihy, KUBO CLUB, Bookport, Libby\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/services-eng\/e-books-kubo-club-eng\/\" aria-label=\"Pre\u010d\u00edtajte si viac o E-books &#8211; Palmknihy, KUBO CLUB, Bookport, Libby\">\u010c\u00edta\u0165 viac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13252,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13337","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13337"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16251,"href":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13337\/revisions\/16251"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krajskakniznicazilina.sk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}