HomeGrown Ebooks Collection
Ebooks from a variety of North Carolina publishers. Includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry.
how_to_reg Creating an account
Some resources and databases allow you to create an account on their site to store progress or research information. When creating accounts for library resources & databases, please be sure to select "Fontana Regional Library" if prompted to select a library.
login Logging in with your Library Card
Some resources and databases will require you to login using your library card number and password/PIN. Your library card number is located on the back of your library card. Your password/PIN will be the same password you use to login to your online catalog account. The default password/PIN (if you have not reset or changed it) is usually the last 4 digits of your primary phone number.
Additional Vendor Information and Help
The HomeGrown Ebooks Collection contains thousands of ebooks from North Carolina publishers, including:- Algonquin Books
- CrossRoad Press
- UNC Press
- McFarland
- Press 53
- Gryphon House
- John F. Blair
- Ingalls
HomeGrown ebooks can only be downloaded to a mobile device. Biblioboard, which hosts the HomeGrown collection, has an app on the:
- Apple App Store (iOS)
- Google Play store (Android)
- Amazon app store (Kindle Fire)
