Audio Book Rentals Through the Library

Hi, know this was posted awhile, but I thought I'd add...
Pierce and King County libraries (in Washington State) use both Overdrive and NetLibrary. I believe most of the county libraries and a few of the private libraries do too.

I didn't know about this....it's so cool!

In Henderson, NV (Las Vegas) it's Overdrive and Netlibrary. This is going to be awesome for late work nights.

Chesterfield County (Virginia) - and Henrico County (both suburbs of Richmond) both offer digital audio books. Looks like it's through Overdrive as well.

I've been a fan of audio books for quite some time. Great in the car! I use them now to listen to as I clean, craft, and commute the kids. Much better than annoying DJs on the radio, the same songs on the MP3 and insensate TV noise.

Thanks for mentioning this, Heather! I'm a librarian in Charleston County next door to you, and we offer downloadable audio through MyiLibrary: http://charlestoncl.myilibraryaudio.com/

The Monroe County (New York ) Library System also offers digital lending:
http://overdrive.libraryweb.org/AA724884-A1A1-4AC...

Thanks for the reminder, Heather - I've been meaning to check on that for a while now!

Oh wow, I had no idea that my library did this, until you brought it up! The Topeka & Shawnee County Library uses Overdrive, and apparently many others in Kansas do as well. It looks like they have quite a bit of music available for download, too. :)

If you go to the Overdrive sight, it will have a page where you can search for the libraries that have their digital service. They have them in the US and Canada.

I discovered this last summer when I was given an electronic reader and didn't want to pop money online for the books I wanted to read. It's been a huge reacquaintance with the library for me. We live in a rural community with the nearest library being about 20 miles away. Now I read more than I have in years and I never get a late fee.

We have it here in Watertown, SD... you have to go into the library and set up the log in though. It is NetLibrary, I have never used it, but I think I may.

I usually try escaping to the library the days husband has off. I just tell the kids that I will bring them home books and movies if they stay home.

Personally I've never been a big fan of audio books, although I used to listen to Books on Tapewhen driving back & forth from NJ to Ohio in college. I started hating them when i got a job at Borders - they're big and bulky and hard to scan and it's way to easy for someone to slide the CD out and leave the case, or return one that's 'missing' a CD.

I love my e-reader (Kindle) which was my christmas pressent from 'santa' last year. I wanted new floors or a new refrigerator but hey you take what you can get. I know originally Kindle had an 'audio' book feature, but it was removed from later versions becasue of 'copyright' issues (not the right word but something like that). Authors or whomever 'reads' the book to you gets some kind of residuals, and apparently Kindle's thing just read the book in an electronic voice which bypassed the money to the author/reader/whomever. And I have a Kindle because at the time only it and Sony Readers were availalb,e and the Sony Reader can't download books overseas. Or it couldn't then, not sure abut now.

I'm a librarian for Arlington, TX and we use both NetLibrary and Overdrive. They are both wonderful services! You could buy one book for full price at Barnes and Noble or spend a whole year using the library for the same price! I think it's wonderful. I love listening to audiobooks and since I do purchasing for our Youth titles on Overdrive, I often get to fulfill patron requests, which is half the fun! Right now our popular download is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :)

Houston Public Library does!
http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/index.php

They've got a whole ton of stuff on their digital page, I'll have to check it out when I have more time.

I live in far northern California (we laugh at people who call San Francisco northern California), and it is pretty redneck up here, but our library is definitely in the digital age!
Shasta Public Libraries uses Overdrive.

1. I didn't know my library had a website.
2. I didn't know one could listen to audio books from a library site.
3. There is no way in heck I would have guessed my library has such a service!!!!

WE DO!! Our library in Northeast Texas uses NetLibrary.

Thanks. Now, can you please fit this into my daily schedule? :) I haven't tried audio books for a couple different reasons.. one being I get bored if I'm not holding a book and following along and two because my phone doesn't help me. I did buy a larger micro sd card for it. I can't tell you where it is, right now, though. *sigh*

Boston Public Library isn't explicitly "Jasmine", but it's powered by the same engine ("OverDrive"): http://overdrive.bpl.org/38D37ABF-30A1-4FFE-997A-...

Cool stuff -- thanks for getting me to check it out!

A regular customer of the Fort Worth Public Library here. They do offer digital books online, a couple of which I have downloaded and listened to at work while doing monotonous things like folding newsletters. I don't recommend listening to Dante's Inferno unless you want to fall asleep at your desk.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
I am not making this up -- last night, I thought about how I should blog about audio books and how much of a blessing they have been to our family. Now, I'd just look like I was copying, so....nvrmnd.

We have never lived close to family, so long road trips started immediately after we got married. That was our first reason for trying out audio books. The first book we listened to was Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot" and it made the trip seem much shorter than it was. Of course, those were on cassettes. I was sad to see that our library recently got rid of all the cassette tape audio books (mostly because I found out AFTER and didn't get to buy any) but they have a goodly number of them on CD. I know our library system also has the downloadable audio books, but I don't know nuthin' 'bout doing that stuff yet. If I ever get an ipod or the like, I'll get my whiz-kid to show me how.

I'm glad to see public libraries are staying relevant. While I still prefer the feel and smell of a book in my hands, my Captivate does a bang-up job of being an eReader - and it's a heck of a lot easier to carry twenty books in your phone than in your diaper bag. ;)

Wake County Public Libraries in North Carolina offer digital media via their website! http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/about/digital