Downloading Items Instead of Checking Them Out from Libraries
Audio Books, Music, and More!
The Kansas State Library now offers audio books and music on its Web site. It only takes three steps to get started:
1) Download & Install Free Software
2) Register Your Free Software
3) Check Out, Download, and Enjoy
Please note: A Kansas Library Card is needed to check out materials. If you need a card, click here.
OverDrive has compiled lists of devices that are compatible and incompatible with their digital resources:
http://www.overdrive.com/DeviceResourceCenter/Compatible.asp http://www.overdrive.com/DeviceResourceCenter/Incompatible.asp
Please note that not all devices labeled "Plays for Sure" appear on the compatible list. If a device which you are considering purchasing, or one that a patron is using, doesn't appear on either list, it means that OverDrive has not tested it for compatibility with its service.
LibriVox - Free Ebooks and Audiobooks
The LibriVox catalog includes completed books, short works, and works-in-progress that are available as Ebooks or audiobooks. Only the completed works are available for download. The catalog is just a static html page - but LibriVox is in the process of building a searchable catalog system.
Encyclopodia: An Encyclopedia on Your iPod
Encyclopodia is a free software project that transfers the Wikipedia, which is one of the largest encyclopedias in the world, to an iPod. It has been successfully tested on a third-generation iPod and on an iPod mini, but it should also work on other iPod generations.
manybooks.net
This site contains almost 1000 titles, many of which are from a Project Gutenberg DVD that contains the entire Project Gutenberg archives except for the Human Genome Project, audio eBooks, and the Project Gutenberg of Australia eBooks. Incidentally, this site also contains books that adult-literacy pioneer Mary Godolphin (1723-1764) rewrote using words with one syllable. These books--which include Robinson Crusoe, The Pilgrim's Progress, and The Swiss Family Robinson--are available here.
The Kansas State Library now offers audio books and music on its Web site. It only takes three steps to get started:
1) Download & Install Free Software
2) Register Your Free Software
3) Check Out, Download, and Enjoy
Please note: A Kansas Library Card is needed to check out materials. If you need a card, click here.
OverDrive has compiled lists of devices that are compatible and incompatible with their digital resources:
http://www.overdrive.com/DeviceResourceCenter/Compatible.asp http://www.overdrive.com/DeviceResourceCenter/Incompatible.asp
Please note that not all devices labeled "Plays for Sure" appear on the compatible list. If a device which you are considering purchasing, or one that a patron is using, doesn't appear on either list, it means that OverDrive has not tested it for compatibility with its service.
LibriVox - Free Ebooks and Audiobooks
The LibriVox catalog includes completed books, short works, and works-in-progress that are available as Ebooks or audiobooks. Only the completed works are available for download. The catalog is just a static html page - but LibriVox is in the process of building a searchable catalog system.
Encyclopodia: An Encyclopedia on Your iPod
Encyclopodia is a free software project that transfers the Wikipedia, which is one of the largest encyclopedias in the world, to an iPod. It has been successfully tested on a third-generation iPod and on an iPod mini, but it should also work on other iPod generations.
manybooks.net
This site contains almost 1000 titles, many of which are from a Project Gutenberg DVD that contains the entire Project Gutenberg archives except for the Human Genome Project, audio eBooks, and the Project Gutenberg of Australia eBooks. Incidentally, this site also contains books that adult-literacy pioneer Mary Godolphin (1723-1764) rewrote using words with one syllable. These books--which include Robinson Crusoe, The Pilgrim's Progress, and The Swiss Family Robinson--are available here.
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