Looking for e-books or e-audio books? Try WV-Reads

The Library Commission has joined a new consortium of libraries in West Virginia, WV-READS (Regional Electronic Audiovisual Download Service).  This group's purpose is to provide West Virginians with free and reliable access to electronic library materials. 


For more information, click one of the links:

• WV-Reads homepage.
• View a list of participating libraries.
• View a list of compatible devices.

Downloadable audiobooks are now available!

Audiobooks now just OneClick away!

The West Virginia Library Commission is pleased to announce that downloadable audiobooks are now available through OneClickdigital, a new product of Recorded Books.

http://westvirginiawv.oneclickdigital.com   

Check out the newest downloadables or an old Recorded Books favorite.

After a quick one-time account set-up process, library users will be able to checkout and download audiobooks. Visit or contact the WVLC Reference Library for more details.wvlcref@wv.gov

Don't have a lot of time to read short stories? Listen to them instead!

Finding time to read can be a real challenge but audiobooks can help!  To continue with this month's theme for Short Story Month, here are a brief list of short stories the Library Commission has in audiobook format.

New Downloadable Audiobooks

Love downloadable audiobooks?  Then check out some of the new selections for May:






A Creed in Stone Creek
One Hundred Names for Love Harvest Moon
Blameless
Florida Roadkill
Twilight’s Serenade (Song of Alaska Bk 3)
Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership
Riders From Long Pines
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
Scorpia Rising: The Final Mission (Alex Rider, Bk 9)
Lemonade Crime, The (the Sequel to Lemonade War)
Una Palabra tuya (A word from you)
Las lagrimas del sol (The Sun's Tears)

Through NetLibrary choose from over 2,500 audiobooks of the latest best sellers, classics, award-winning authors. Download and play on your MP3 player or computer for three weeks at a time. IPods are able to play the MP3 versions (over 1,650 titles), while Windows Media Player and a compatible MP3 player will be needed for the entire catalog.



List of compatible portable devices (MP3 players)
AudioBook Center Help (includes estimated download times, software requirements and searching tips)
Helpful Tutorial on downloading and transferring audiobooks