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Downloadable Audiobooks and Ebooks
Downloadable Ebooks
We offer ebooks that you can read on your computer, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Sony Reader, Nook, Blackberry and more. These ebooks can be downloaded from My Media Mall.
For free downloadable ebooks, you may also want to try one of the following sites:
Project Gutenberg
Google Books
(free classics)
Downloadable Audiobooks
We offer two different services for downloading audiobooks to your computer or
MP3 player. Individual titles may differ between services.
- My Media Mall
- Download audiobooks to your computer, MP3 player, Ipod or directly to your
smartphone.
- Recorded Books OneClickdigital
- Thousands of titles to download to your
computer, MP3 player and Ipod. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to set up an account the first time you use OneClickdigital.
My Media Mall App for Mobile Devices
We recommend that use you use the official Overdrive Media Console app if you are accessing ebooks or downloadable audiobooks on your mobile device.
To access the app on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch,
click here
or search the iTunes App Store. To access the app on your Android
device,
click here or search the Android Market.
More Help
Downloading ebooks to Kindle flyer
Downloading ebooks to iPad/iPod/iPod Touch/Android device flyer My Media
Mall
offers a
guided tour, as well as extensive help
screens. OneClickdigital offers
help screens. Following are some answers to the most commonly asked
questions regarding these databases.
Audiobook Questions and Answers
- Can I download audiobooks to an Ipod?
Both OneClickdigital and My Media Mall offer many audiobook titles for
Ipod. You will have a wider selection of audiobooks available
if you sync you iPod with a PC rather than a Mac.
- Can I download audiobooks to a Mac?
Both OneClickdigital and My Media Mall offer many audiobook titles for
Macs in MP3 format. Mac-compatible titles are marked as such in each
database.
- Can I burn audiobooks to a cd? My
Media Mall offers a number of titles that can be burned to
cd. OneClickdigital does not offer any titles that can be
burned to cd.
- What software is required to check out audiobooks? My Media Mall requires you to install the Overdrive Media Console
to check out audiobooks. OneClickdigital offers the Media
Manager for any computer besides a Mac.
- For how long can I "check out" audiobooks? My
Media Mall audiobooks can be checked out for 2 weeks.
OneClickdigital
audiobooks can be checked out for up to 2 weeks. You can renew
OneClickdigital audiobooks once.
- Do I have to "return" audiobooks at the end of the
check out period? You do not have to and cannot
return audiobooks at the end of the check out period. Both
My Media Mall and OneClickdigital will automatically know when your
check out has expired.
- How many audiobooks can I have checked out at once?
You can have up to 5 items checked out from My Media Mall at
once. This covers any combination of ebooks and audiobooks.
You can have up to 10 OneClickdigital audiobooks checked out at once.
- What happens at the end of the checkout period? Will the audiobook just disappear? Audiobooks will cease to work at the end of their check out period. You will still need to remove the file from your computer and mp3 player.
- What type of MP3 player works best?
My Media Mall offers a
Device Resource
Center to help you choose a device. OneClickdigital also
offers
help choosing a device.
- Can I download audiobooks directly to my smartphone or
other mobile device?
My Media Mall offers an Overdrive Media Console app that lets you
download MP3 audiobooks directly to your Android, Blackberry,
iPhone, iPod, iPad or Windows Mobile device. The app can be found
here or as a
free download in the marketplace for your device. OneClickdigital
requires the use of a computer.
Ebook Questions and Answers
- What devices can I download ebooks to?
Ebooks can be downloaded to and read on both PCs and Macs.
Kindles, Sony
Readers and Nooks will work with the ebooks, as may many other
ebook readers. Ebooks can be downloaded to various mobile
devices such as the iPad, iPod, iPhone and Android phones by
using the Overdrive Media Console app. The app can be found
here or as a
free download in the marketplace for your device.
- Does the Kindle work with the library's downloadable
ebooks? Yes.
- What software is required to check out ebooks? My Media Mall requires you to install
Adobe Digital
Editions to
read epub and pdf formatted books on Nooks, Sony Readers and
other ereaders. This is a free download. Please note
that Adobe Digital Editions is different from Adobe Reader.
You may also have to install the software that came with your
ereader to transfer books to an ereader. If you are
downloading Mobipocket ebooks you will need
Mobipocket Reader.
Kindle does not require extra software.
- For how long can I check out ebooks? My
Media Mall ebooks can be checked out for up to 2 weeks.
- How many ebooks can I have checked out at once?
You can have up to 5 items checked out from My Media Mall at
once. This covers any combination of ebooks and audiobooks.
- What happens at the end of the checkout period? Will the ebook just disappear? Ebooks will cease to work at the end of their check out period. You will still need to remove the file from your computer and ebook reader.
- Do I have to "return" an ebook at the end of the
check out period? You do not have to "return" ebooks at
the end of the check out period. However, unlike audiobooks you
can choose to "return" EPUB and PDF ebooks early.
You can do this from within Adobe Digital Editions, the Overdrive
app or the Amazon Kindle manager (for Kindle books).
- What is a Mobipocket book? A Mobipocket book is a type
of ebook that requires a free
Mobipocket Reader. You read these ebooks on your
computer or you can transfer Mobipocket books to various portable
devices including those running Palm OS, Symbian OS and Windows
Mobile, and Blackberries.
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