Wednesday, November 21, 2007

# 22 Downloadable audio books




It is an exciting adventure to me to explore the eAudiobooks from the NetLibrary and the Overdrive digital media services. I have watched their online demos; read the featured library partners' websites (mainly in USA); impressed with their large collection and the well designed promotion tools. It looks like some of the USA public libraries are far ahead of us by providing the digital resources to their patrons.

This is also my second time to see the database of Dragon Source (Chinese language) Magazines and Periodicals. Hundreds of magazines are viewable online through the NetLibrary's website. Don't know how much the subscription fee will be. And hard to predict how the general readers at our public libraries would react to the digital magazines.

Enjoy listening to the first session of this free downloaded, MP3 format, human read, Hans Christian Anderson's 'The little Match Girl' audio book on my computer! Thanks to the World EBook Fair. I may download more books in the future.

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