I also live in a rural county that has a limited eBook selection through
overdrive; however, I can use the Kindle app for some of the books. I also
have a reciprocal library card from a larger county library but that
doesn't allow me to do the overdrive, which is what I was hoping for so I
could download eBooks and audiobooks. I think there are some large counties
that allow you to pay for a membership that gives you full access to all
services.
I listen to audiobooks onto my iPhone. I check the CDs out from the
library, import them to my Mac using Audiobook builder which puts them into
iTunes and then I sync them to my iPhone. Once I have finished listening to
them I delete them from the iPhone and iTunes. It takes some work but
definitely makes for a nicer commute to work.
--Gijzette
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:15 PM, BKCorya <brandiable@gmail.com> wrote:
> **
>
>
> Hi-
>
> Your post brought up some interesting points I hadn't thought of. I
> assumed overdrive was the only option for downloading. I wonder since I
> have the kindle app on my phone if that is an option? Might take a little
> reading or testing on my part.
>
> For anyone that already has experience downloading, I read one author
> recommend gaining a membership card to a larger library. I live in a VERY
> rural county and assumed you could only be a library member where you live.
> Does anyone hold multiple library memberships?
>
> Thank you
>
>
> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@...> wrote:
> >
> > Where did you see anything about iBooks reading text? I can not find it.
> If you are speaking of Accessibility and VoiceOver, I don't think you will
> like it. I just tried it. And you will probably not like the voice or the
> hoops you have to jump through to make it work.
> >
> > I also believe that iBooks only accepts ePub and PDF format, formats
> that I don't think Overdrive offer.
> >
> > There are other sources for free audio books, but they are mostly public
> domain books, in other words, books that are older and no longer have
> current copyrights.
> >
> > I suggest that you look again at what your library offers or call them
> up and ask if they have an arrangement with another library system that you
> can access.
> >
> > I know what you mean by the small selection. My county library carries
> way more WMA books than MP3, but luckily I have an extra iPod and BootCamp
> set up on my Mac, so I just check out the WMA for Windows books. Although
> one of my favorite authors has not give permission to transfer them to any
> Apple iDevice.
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 9, 2012, at 6:18 AM, Brandi C wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am new to downloading books using Overdrive. So new in fact I have
> yet to download my first book!
> > >
> > > I have about a 3 hour commute to work each day and would like to use
> some of this time in order to keep current on reading. But, the selection
> of audio books is much smaller than the collection of digital format books.
> Is there a way I can download digital books through Overdrive from the
> library and then have them read out loud?
> > >
> > > From what I have read online, iBooks can read the text out loud, but,
> not sure how I could get the download from Overdrive over to iBooks?
> > >
> > > Thank you for any options
> > >
> > > Brandi
> > >
> >
>
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