Sample press release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Your name, library, phone number DATE: Library Offers 24/7 Access to Audiobooks! The ____________ Library is pleased to announce an exciting new service readers can access from their home 24/7! MyMediaMall at http://www.mymediamall.net offers readers access to a growing collection of over 900 titles. Titles of all kinds including bestsellers, mysteries, westerns, nonfiction and other popular genres are available. Patrons with a valid library card can search the collection and then download a book to listen to on their computer or to transfer to a compatible handheld device or MP3 player. The library is also offering a new online collection of animated, audio e-books for children from Tumblebooks. Through MyMediaMall, patrons can check out up to five books at a time for a three-week check-out period – no overdue books, no trip to the library to return an item – on the due date, the file becomes unusable on the reader’s computer. If the reader is not finished, they may renew the book. In addition to audio books in Windows Media format, MyMediaMall also offers e-books in Adobe and Mobipocket format for people with PDAs. (personal digital assistants) With Tumblebooks, children have over 150 popular children’s titles to watch and listen to online. All that is needed are a computer and an internet connection. Readers connect to Tumblebooks through the library’s website at ____________. An entire classroom can even log onto the library’s site to read the same book at the same time. In addition to books, there are puzzles, games and activities related to the reading. This new service is offered in partnership with the Alliance Library System, a regional library for libraries serving 14,000 square miles in central and western Illinois. Alliance Library System provides over 300 continuing education events per year, delivery of interlibrary loan books, and many other services to assist libraries to offer high quality services to Illinois residents.