Florentina, Arizona, Public Library
We’re pleased to offer audio books available for a DSL connection. Wireless connections may
download from the Internet starting July 1. This take somewhat longer. Patrons with dial-up
new service is made available in conjunction connections may find that they are not able to
with ListenBooks, a national audio book use this service reliably.
supplier. Library patrons are invited to select
from ListenBook’s ever growing collection of HOW DO I LISTEN TO A DOWNLOADED BOOK?
unabridged titles. A wide variety of genres are
Books downloaded from ListenBooks can be
available, with more titles added every week.
played on any computer or portable digital
HOW DO I SEARCH FOR THE BOOKS I WANT WITH audio device that supports Windows Media
LISTENBOOKS? files. You can organize and play your
downloaded audio
To access ListenBooks, you need a computer book files via the
with access to the Internet. You start by ListenBooks interface,
downloading and installing the ListenBooks or you can use
interface from the library’s home page. An
Windows Media
illustrated PDF file with complete instructions Player version 9 or
for installing and using the interface is also higher. The
available. After you’ve installed the interface, ListenBooks interface gives you the option of
click Get Books to access the ListenBooks burning your downloaded book to a CD. Note
database. Within the interface, you can search that MPEG-4 files, supported by Apple’s i-Tunes,
for titles much as you search for titles in the will be available early next year.
standard library catalog.
DO I HAVE TO RETURN A DOWNLOADED BOOK ?
HOW DO I DOWNLOAD A BOOK FROM
LISTENBOOKS? You don’t have to return a downloaded book
the way you return books checked out from the
After you’ve found the book you want, enter library. Instead, each downloaded book expires
your library card code (including the three- after one week. You’ll still see expired books
letter preface) in the Checkout box, select listed in the ListenBooks interface, but you
Florentina Public Library in the Library list box, won’t be able to play them. To gain access to
and then click Download. At that point, you’ll expired books, you need to renew them by
see instructions explaining how to complete the clicking Renew and re-entering your library card
download process. Download times vary by code. For more information, call Jiahui Lu at
connection and computer types. A five-hour 555-5555.
book typically takes 15 minutes to download via