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Downloading an audio book from NetLibrary is not an option for YPL as we have no audio content from that provider. An alternative is to go to the Librayr's e-book page http://ebooks.libraryvisit.org/ and download an audio book from the OverDrive collection. I have downloaded e-books to my computer since we began offering them and find it a different but satisfactory way to "read" books - I've used both the Adobe and MobiPocket formats. I have also downloaded a few audio books, but since my mp3 player is not compatible with the OverDrive downloads I haven't been able to really make the audio books very portable, unless I put them on my laptop which is more portable than a PC but no IPod.

Here is a video from a library that offers OverDrive audioBooks


I think it is helpful to do this exercise to be more aware of what the patrons who use these formats, and statistics indicate they are being used, encounter. I note that some libraries are now offering in-library kiosks for downloading e-books. Is this something we might want to consider?