• Request a Zip Book at the circulation desk of any branch of the Madera County Library or online. You will need to have your library card ready! 
• The requesting patron must be a Madera County resident.
• Any books in regular print format, large-print format, or audiobooks on CD that the Madera County Library System does not yet own – and that are not current, regular print fiction New York Times bestsellers – may be requested as Zip Books. DVD’s and music CDs are not eligible for this program.
• Item ships directly to your address via amazon.com (must be available for $50 or less for books and $75 or less for audiobooks).
• Limit of 3 items* per person per month. Patrons will be able to request one book at a time and must return their Zip Book before they can request another. *Monthly limit is subject to change*
• Zip Books will be checked out to your Madera County Library account for 3 weeks.
• Zip Books are subject to our normal late fees & fines.

NOTE: As Madera County Library has limited access to unique cataloging, this means we will be more selective with what request we approve. Items should be published within the last 10 years, part of a series that we may already own part of (i.e., we don’t have book 1 of a series in the Madera County system, but we have later books in the same series), and the record must be available within OCLC or WorldCat for us to get the cataloging information.

 CLICK HERE TO REQUEST A ZIPBOOK

• When you are finished with the item, please return it and the enclosed packing slip from Amazon, if available, separately in a disposable bag in one of our book drops. Please be sure to include a note with your name and “ZIP RETURN” written or taped to the outside of the bag.
• After returning your Zip Book, you are eligible to request another Zip Book up to 3 times per month*. *Monthly limit is subject to change*
• At the Library’s discretion, the book will be added to the library collection for further checkout or donated to the Friends of the Madera County Library.

While Madera County Library is participating in the physical media aspect of Zip Books, Califa through the Palace Project App is offering an eBooks and eAudiobooks iteration of Zip Books as well.

The eAudiobook or eBook Zip Book Palace Project request must meet the criteria listed below:

• The eBook or eAudiobook must not already be owned by your library or available on the California statewide eBook Palace app. 
• The item must be published (we cannot pre-order) and available from The Palace Marketplace
• The item must be an eBook or eAudiobook. 
• You will receive an email when the item is available for download on the Palace app. We cannot hold the item for the requestor, so please check out your requested item as soon as possible after notification.

Click on the links below to download the Palace Project app to an Android or Apple device:

Palace Project - Android Devices

Palace Project- Apple App Store 

Cick on the links below to submit an request for an eAudiobook or eBook from the Palace Project:

English: https://califa.org/zipbooks-eng

Spanish: https://califa.org/zipbooks-spa