| ange of entertainment available on audio books is | | | | Public Library and St. Petersburg Public Library |
| huge: from Bestsellers, Classics, Comedy, Biography | | | | System. |
| to History, Travel and Politics. Research shows that | | | | You can access "audio books to go" through a link on |
| most people listen to audiocassettes and CDs while | | | | the web site of each of the participating libraries or |
| they are doing something else - driving, doing | | | | by logging onto There are now more than 600 titles |
| housework, exercising, preparing to go to sleep, | | | | available, ranging from popular fiction to self-help, |
| surfing the net and especially travelling. Audio CDs are | | | | from romance to young adult. If you haven't |
| still out-sold by tapes and it's forecast that it will be | | | | checked the website for available titles lately, you |
| 2006/07 before that trend is reversed. | | | | are missing out on some amazing reading! |
| So, if you don't have time to stop off at the library | | | | Download the special software program on the Digital |
| or the bookstore before you leave for the beach or | | | | Book Catalog homepage, and hundreds of audio |
| the mountains this summer - don't worry! You can still | | | | books are available for you to enjoy on vacation, or |
| take a bestseller with you on vacation. | | | | at home. Downloading a digital audio book takes as |
| More than 250 new full textbooks by authors like | | | | little as 15 minutes. You can borrow as many as four |
| James Patterson, Clive Cussler, Nora Roberts and | | | | audio books at a time. |
| W.E.B. Griffin are now available for free download to | | | | No need to return these audio books to the library! |
| your home computer. You can transfer the audio | | | | Once your seven-day loan is over, the book is no |
| books to your MP3 Player or burn them to a disk and | | | | longer available to you on your home computer. |
| play them in your car or anywhere! (A great way to | | | | Technology for the new service is provided through |
| pass the time on long drives!) | | | | OverDrive, the national leader in downloadable media |
| You can download digital audio books if you have a | | | | for libraries. The Digital Book Catalog is a joint project |
| valid library card from those libraries or any of the | | | | of the participating libraries and the Tampa Bay |
| following: Clearwater Public Library; East Lake | | | | Library Consortium (TBLC). 96 libraries are members |
| Community Library; Hillsborough County Public Library | | | | of TBLC. Together these libraries serve more than |
| Cooperative; Largo Public Library; Manatee | | | | 4.1 million Floridians (approximately 30% of Florida's |
| Community College Library; Palm Harbor Library; | | | | total population) in 12 counties in west central Florida. |
| Pasco County Public Library System; Safety Harbor | | | | |