Good Reads Blog

I’d like to take this chance to remind our patrons that you can borrow downloadable Audio Books (as well as popular eBooks) from the library, free of charge. You can listen to them on your computer, or burn them to disk and use them in your car or on your MP3 player.

We have great titles: New audio books from John Lescroart, Fern Michaels, and Dean Koontz, non-fiction like the “For Dummies” series or business titles. Even children’s books.

This service has expanded, now offering movies that you can view on your computer or a portable device.

You can get to the MLC Overdrive collection by going to http://ebooks.mlcnet.org/ or clicking the "Audio Book Downloads" link on our Good Reads page. Browse until you find something you like, download and install the software to play or read it, then the file.

Overdrive books are not currently compatible with iPods. Some of the books can be downloaded any time, others need to be reserved. Check your email frequently if you reserve one -- you have 48 hours to pick it up once the book is reserved in your name.

Also: This article, Download and Listen to Audiobooks, in PC world, mentions the audio book download service that we use as a great place to get free books. It's a good overview of how the author listens to audio books, and contains a couple of links to other sources of free audio books in the public domain.