If you’re spending big bucks on subscriptions for your family’s entertainment, you’re not alone.
According to Digital Media Trends, the average household spends $69 a month on streaming services.
Is that your household average? Or is it more?
And what if you could put your hard-earned money toward something else? Maybe concert tickets, a Lions game, or a family vacation?
With a Genesee District Library card, you can save hundreds of dollars a year on things you pay for now.
Let’s start with television. Subscriptions for streaming services like Hulu, Netflix and HBO can run from $9.99 to $24.99 a month. YouTube TV costs a whopping $82.99 a month.
But Hoopla, which offers free streaming and downloaded movies, television, music, eBooks, audiobooks and comics, is free with your library card. You have access to over 2 million digital items, including movie favorites like Jurassic Reborn or Naked Gun 33 1/3. If you’ve got a penchant for horror, there’s Children of the Corn or Dreamcatcher. Charlotte’s Web and Fast and Furriest are great options for kids’ movie night.
Hoopla has great television, too. Stream nine seasons of Death in Paradise, four seasons of Harry Wild, or choose from over 4,500 titles like Interview with a Vampire or Baby Einstein Classics. You could spend $14.95 a month to subscribe to Audible for your eBooks and audiobooks. Or you can access Libby and borrow titles for free. It’s super easy to search fiction and nonfiction, bestsellers, and favorite authors like Janet Evanovich or David Baldacci. You also can search 59 genres such as true crime, humor, new age, fantasy, romance, mystery, sports, and politics.
Pass the time on your long work commute by listening to audiobooks like the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, or The Women by Kristin Hannah.
If you use an eReader, Libby has over 100,000 titles, both fiction and nonfiction, such as You Like it Darker by Stephen King, Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten, or Cher, The Memoir.
You also can find favorite eBooks for youth, like Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo, Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, or Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston. You can even access comics and graphic novels, everything from Stranger Things to The Babysitter’s Club.
Save big money on magazine subscriptions with Libby, too. You’ll find over 5,000 magazine titles like Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Time, Good Housekeeping, Bon Appetit, Men’s Health, Vanity Fair, and Rolling Stone.
Saving money is so easy! And Hoopla, Libby, and Freegal are super simple to use.
Music streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Sirius XM Streaming can cost $9.99 per month and up. With a GDL library card you have access to over 20 million songs through Freegal. In addition to streaming and playlists, you can download – and keep – five free songs a week. The selection is great, and always evolving with original artists like Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Lopez, Dave Matthews Band, Toni Braxton, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, and new releases this month from The Black Keys and Reneé Rapp.
Saving money is so easy! And Hoopla, Libby, and Freegal are super simple to use. If you need assistance, stop in at any one of 19 branches and ask staff for help.
