The simple joy of listening to an audiobook on your phone…for FREE.
Iphone playing an audiobook
I have an Iphone. I also have a library card for the Jefferson County, Colorado Public Library. Why this is important is I can download audiobooks for free.
The Jeffco library has what they call the Overdrive Media Center. This is a location that contains many, many audiobooks which can be downloaded to Android and Iphone alike. There is a search feature and you can search by author, title, or subject.
Here’s how it works: You download a piece of software that uses either Windows or Mac called the Overdrive Media Console. Then, on your computer you choose a book and it will say either “place on e-hold” or “add to e-cart”. If it says add to e-cart, you can do so and then check it out. When you download the file that the e-cart gives you the Overdrive Media Console will open and you can download the book to your computer. From your computer you can then use the Overdrive Media Console to transfer the book to your phone. The book will play perfectly sequentially.
You can also download the Overdrive Media Console directly to your phone and download books directly. But I found that I had problems using the library’s search engine on my phone. And it will only download books when you have your phone connected to Wi-Fi.
This is not very complicated if you’ve seen it done once. The first time, however can be a trial. Plain & Simple Computing offers tutoring in all things Itunes.
