A library is a magical place.

How do library music streaming services work?

To listen, most libraries use streaming services like Freegal or Hoopla.

You may also have access to other things too.

Hoopla, for example, has ebooks, audiobooks, comics and movies.

All you need is a library card to get access to the music.

What music can you stream at your library?

What you might listen to differs from library to library.

That means an artist would need around 250 streams to make $1.

Library streaming offers the chance to make more.

The largest public libraries in the country and their music-streaming services

Want to listen?

Check with your local library to see what streaming services they offer.

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