NEW MP3 Audiobooks have Arrived!

If you have not checked out Overdrive in a while, now is the time! We have just added NEW titles to our OverDrive collection that are compatible with your MP3 players. You can transfer these titles to an iPod®, an iPhone™, an iPod Touch as well as a CD or MP3 player.

Below is a list of the new titles that were added at the beginning of March 09.

Happy listening!


Bloodlist (unabridged)
Effective Writing for Business, College, and Life (unabridged)
The Bonesetter's Daughter (unabridged)
The Attractor Factor (unabridged)
Deadly Housewives (unabridged)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald (unabridged)
Maximizing Your Money (unabridged)
100 Ways To Bring Out Your Best (unabridged)
Wine Appreciation (unabridged)
Dreams (unabridged)
A More Perfect Union (unabridged)
Nailing the Job Interview (unabridged)
Blackman’s Coffin (unabridged)
The Metamorphosis (unabridged)
Death Is a Cabaret (unabridged)
The House at Pooh Corner (unabridged)
Retiring Right (unabridged)
Shades of Blue (unabridged)
I Am Potential (unabridged)
The Now Habit (unabridged)
Name Withheld (unabridged)
Winnie-the-Pooh (unabridged)
Healthy Eating (unabridged)
Edge of Evil (unabridged)

New Digital Music Class @ John F. Germany Public Library

Explore digital music available from the library and on the web in a new Digital Music class at the John F. Germany Public Library. The class will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 7:00 pm. Adults and teens are welcome.

Though not required, attendees are encouraged to bring portable MP3 players and/or USB drives to this highly interactive class.

This class would be a great help to anyone interested in using the downloadable music collection in the TBLC Digital Media Catalog.

Please mention this class to anyone who might be interested. (This class is not listed in Page by Page.) Thanks!

OverDrive Downloadable Videos

Exciting News!

We have just received our first batch of downloadable videos from OverDrive. At the moment, the majority of our titles are current PBS titles, but OverDrive also offers feature length films, short form programs and TV series all delivered in the Windows Media Video (WMV) format.

Every OverDrive video checkout gives you the option to use a 'standard' and/or 'mobile' version of the video. Once downloaded to your computer, standard videos can be played in an OverDrive Media Console and scaled to full-screen.

Mobile video files are optimized for use on compatible mobile devices, and can be transferred to such devices in just a few clicks using OverDrive Media Console for enjoyment on-the-go.

As library customers, adding videos to your OverDrive service is simple. Just refresh with the new format--it's on the same platform as your audiobooks and music!

To retrieve the records in our catalog simply do a subject search for "downloadable video collection". This search will bring up all 266 titles with more to be added in the future.

Hope you all enjoy this new feature of our OverDrive product!

OverDrive Announcement

Great News!!!

OverDrive will distribute titles in MP3 format without DRM. OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks will be compatible with nearly every MP3 player and mobile phone on the market including iPod, Zune, iPhone, and Creative Labs products. All of the titles in OverDrive’s catalog will not be in this format, but at least some will be, which is an improvement.


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