Friday, September 22, 2006
New downloadable audio books and ebooks at the library
If you go to ebooks.mlcnet.org/, or click the Audio Book Download link on the Good Reads section of our web page, you will be taken to the web page of the Michigan Library Consortium's Digital Catalog and Download Center.
This doesn't sound exciting, but if you scroll down the page, you'll see why it is. Portage Library is part of a group of libraries that buy downloadable audio books and ebooks together.
That's exciting!
You can use this link to download audio books and ebooks at home for your device that plays MP3's (not an iPod, though. Steve Jobs is being stingy about letting anybody but iTunes use his file format).
When we started getting this for the library, I thought most of our users would be interested in audio books, but nearly half our downloads are for ebooks.
All of this is by way of saying that I was looking at the page today, and saw some great new ebook titles that I thought I'd share on the blog.
There are some always available titles, children's titles, and a bunch of best selling authors available to download. You'll have to put some of the titles on reserve, but once you have them, you've got four weeks to listen to them.
Audio Books:
The Burglar on the Prowl, by Lawrence Block
Emma, by Jane Austen
Some Like it Haute, by Julie Dam
The Tender Years, by Janette Oke
Ebooks:
Practical Demonkeeping, by Christopher Moore
The Book of the Dead, by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston
Borrower of the Night, by Elizabeth Peters
Small Talk: How to Start a Conversation, Keep it Going, Build Networking Skills – and Leave a Positive Impression! by Debra Fine
This doesn't sound exciting, but if you scroll down the page, you'll see why it is. Portage Library is part of a group of libraries that buy downloadable audio books and ebooks together.
That's exciting!
You can use this link to download audio books and ebooks at home for your device that plays MP3's (not an iPod, though. Steve Jobs is being stingy about letting anybody but iTunes use his file format).
When we started getting this for the library, I thought most of our users would be interested in audio books, but nearly half our downloads are for ebooks.
All of this is by way of saying that I was looking at the page today, and saw some great new ebook titles that I thought I'd share on the blog.
There are some always available titles, children's titles, and a bunch of best selling authors available to download. You'll have to put some of the titles on reserve, but once you have them, you've got four weeks to listen to them.
Audio Books:
The Burglar on the Prowl, by Lawrence Block
Emma, by Jane Austen
Some Like it Haute, by Julie Dam
The Tender Years, by Janette OkeEbooks:
Practical Demonkeeping, by Christopher Moore 
The Book of the Dead, by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston
Borrower of the Night, by Elizabeth Peters
Small Talk: How to Start a Conversation, Keep it Going, Build Networking Skills – and Leave a Positive Impression! by Debra Fine
