The Zip Books program is a free and fast alternative to traditional Interlibrary Loan services. Patrons may request books and get them delivered straight to their home for free! Then, when they are finished with the book, they simply return it to any Torrance Library location.

Basic Guidelines

•  Participants must have an active Torrance Public Library card.
• The item must be available on Amazon as a book, large print book, or audiobook on CD.
• The title in the format requested must not already be in the Library catalog.
• The cost of the item must be under $50 (pre-tax) for print materials and $100.00 (pre-tax) for audiobooks or international language materials.
• Five Zip Books may be requested at a time.  A previous Zip Book must be returned inside the library before another item is fulfilled. 
• No textbooks, study guides, or pre-orders.
• Once the request has been approved, the item will be shipped directly to the patron’s home address via Amazon Prime’s 2-day delivery.
• Patrons may keep the book for up to 6 weeks with no renewals.
• Patrons may request up to 10 items monthly.

For the complete list of guidelines, please see Zip Books Complete Guidelines

The Zip Books program  is funded by the California State Library