Download Audiobooks Free at Your Library!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:       August 16, 2005
Contact:  Wright Rix, Montana Branch Library Manager, (310) 458-8271
Alternate Contact:  Migell Acosta, Library Information Management, (310) 458-8625

Read while you drive? Read while you jog? Read while you garden? Sure! With digital audiobooks from the Library. Access to NetLibrary's large collection of fiction and nonfiction books—the latest best-sellers, book club favorites, award-winning authors, and more—in unabridged, audiobook format is now available to Santa Monica Public Library card holders.  Library users also have access to the Pimsleur Language Series Collection.  Covering 39 languages, Pimsleur provides easy to understand lessons for beginners, intermediate level speakers and ESL students.

Download or play NetLibrary audiobooks on any desktop, laptop or portable device supporting Windows Media Player version 9 and above or transfer favorite titles to a wide range of portable devices, including portable music players, portable media centers, Pocket PCs, and even select smart-phone devices.   Users have unlimited access to books in this collection—no waiting in line—and items have a three-week checkout period that may be extended for an additional three weeks.  At the end of the checkout period, the book is automatically removed from the user’s account, no need to return anything to the library!

To set up your NetLibrary account or for more information, go to www.smpl.org\netlibrary. 

To visit the Library's new website, go to www.smpl.org, or call (310) 458-8600 for more information.

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This page was last updated on 08/16/05.