Not just a book, an electronic AUDIObook!

Here we are with the second to last step (#22) and today we look at downloading audiobooks (eAudiobooks) from NetLibrary. This is a very nice site that includes a large number of eAudiobooks and eBooks.

I like that you can save an eAudiobooks information to a Favorites folder or send it via e-mail. You can listen to a short preview which is a nice feature. Another nice feature is the Similar Items list in the sidebar.

There are a lot of search options including browsing by subject, simple and advanced searches, languages, and you can search by a range of durations as well.

For anyone downloading a book, I highly recommend downloading the CD quality even though it is much larger and longer to download. The radio quality is very poor to the point that it is not worth the effort and time. It is too bad that there does not appear to have bookmarks when you listen to a book on the computer or on an Apple Ipod (not that you can listen to too many audiobooks on an Ipod).

Another eAudiobook site to check out is OverDrive, though this site requires downloading the program to your computer. However, one advantage of OverDrive over NetLibrary is the ease of moving audiobooks to an MP3 player.