| The range of entertainment available on audio books is | | | | Public Library System; Safety Harbor Public Library |
| huge: from Bestsellers, Classics, Comedy, Biography to | | | | and St. Petersburg Public Library System. |
| History, Travel and Politics. Research shows that most | | | | You can access "audio books to go" through a link on |
| people listen to audiocassettes and CDs while they | | | | the web site of each of the participating libraries or by |
| are doing something else--driving, doing housework, | | | | logging onto There are now more than 600 titles |
| exercising, preparing to go to sleep, surfing the net and | | | | available, ranging from popular fiction to self-help, from |
| especially travelling. Audio CDs are still out-sold by | | | | romance to young adult. If you haven't checked the |
| tapes and it's forecast that it will be 2006/07 before | | | | website for available titles lately, you are missing out on |
| that trend is reversed. | | | | some amazing reading! |
| So, if you don't have time to stop off at the library or | | | | Download the special software program on the Digital |
| the bookstore before you leave for the beach or the | | | | Book Catalog homepage, and hundreds of audio |
| mountains this summer -- don't worry! You can still | | | | books are available for you to enjoy on vacation, or at |
| take a bestseller with you on vacation. | | | | home. Downloading a digital audio book takes as little |
| More than 250 new full textbooks by authors like | | | | as 15 minutes. You can borrow as many as four audio |
| James Patterson, Clive Cussler, Nora Roberts and | | | | 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 Library |
| following: Clearwater Public Library; East Lake | | | | Consortium (TBLC). 96 libraries are members of TBLC. |
| Community Library; Hillsborough County Public Library | | | | Together these libraries serve more than 4.1 million |
| Cooperative; Largo Public Library; Manatee Community | | | | Floridians (approximately 30% of Florida's total |
| College Library; Palm Harbor Library; Pasco County | | | | population) in 12 counties in west central Florida. |