SimplyE

New York Public Library

About this app

SimplyE makes it easy to browse, borrow, and read any eBook in your library’s collection on your mobile device; no need to download multiple apps.

Set up your account in three easy steps:
1. Open the SimplyE app
2. Find your local library
3. Enter your library card ID to browse, borrow, and read!

Don’t have a library card? No problem. Thousands of public domain classics and open access ebooks are available as soon as you download the app, no library card required. Tap the button below "Books for All" to start reading!

SimplyE was created by a partnership of libraries and library consortia across the country, with The New York Public Library serving as lead partner. Check with your local library to find out if it offers SimplyE, or download the app now to get started reading from the SimplyE Collection.

Ratings and reviews

This app really doesn't work. I thought it was my old phone, but it is even worse on a new phone. The audiobook function crashes whenever I try to see to the table of contents or set the sleep timer, or it returns to the catalog. It's unfortunately unusable for me. Adding this review in the hopes that nypl will one day switch to Libby which works very well.

Doesn't like to load. Lose books you reserved. Glitches constantly while listening to an audiobook and loses your place. When attempting to look at the chapters to go back to where you were, it wigs out the entire app making it close. If you touch the button to adjust the speed at which it reads it to you, it freaks out. The app closes the book and takes you back to the main screen. All in all this app is a piece of junk

I really want this to be a good app, but sadly it's so inconsistent. Most of the time it doesn't load the catalog - just a blue circle, endlessly rotating. If the catalog loads and you go to my books, there's another endless blue circle. The first book I borrowed disappeared after 24 hours, so did the second one. When it works, it's great.

What's new

This release includes a critical upgrade.