Enjoy popular titles from the comfort of home
Southern Adirondack Library On-demand is proud to offer you popular downloadable audiobooks, accessible 24/7. Joining top rated libraries like Boston, Denver, New York, and Cleveland, we are excited to announce this at-home service for a new way to enjoy your library.
With hundreds of popular and classic titles to select from, our digital collection is guaranteed to have something for everyone. Offering popular fiction and non-fiction, our “Virtual Branch” spans nearly every genre. You can download best-selling books, literary classics, self-improvement guides, and more.
Getting started is easy! Visit our website, http://salon.sals.edu, install the free software, browse the collection, and add titles to your cart. Check out with a valid library card and download titles to a personal computer or laptop. When the download process is complete, you can enjoy titles on your Windows or Mac computer or transfer to supported devices, like an MP3 player or Apple iPod. Many audio titles can be burned to CD to listen in the car.
So what’s the catch? There is none. Digital downloads are easy to check out and download, and the best part is- there are never any late fees because your titles are automatically returned at the end of the lending period.
For more information and help resources, visit http://salon.sals.edu�
3 responses so far ↓
1 Kathy // Apr 10, 2009 at 9:02 am
What a selection! The move to Overdrive was a great decision. I downloaded the software and the first book to my Creative Mozaic in less than five minutes. Works like a charm.
2 Terence // Apr 29, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Very disappointing. I can only assume that overdrive is a lot cheaper than netlibrary. I can think of no other reason for this change. Over the past 2 years, I have listened to around 70 nonfiction audiobooks downloaded easily from netlibary (no downloading software necessary). Now there are only 64 total nonfiction titles on overdrive! And why are these titles being treated as physical media? If I check out a title, no-one else can? I can’t check out “American Lion – Andrew Jackson in the White House” because someone else did? Come on, SALS, this is the 21st century. The file is not GONE while it is checked out. Netlibary was not like this. This is a giant step backward. Don’t tell me that it’s free and I should be fortunate with what they provide. I pay taxes in Glens Falls.
Here is a partial list of the audiobooks I have listened to from netlibary over the past 2 years:
Upon This Rock: A History of the Papacy From Peter to John Paul II
Enlightenment: Reason, Tolerance, and Humanity
Heaven or Heresy: A History of the Inquisition
Faith and Reason: The Philosophy of Religion
Empire of Gold: A History of the Byzantine Empire
Dante and His Divine Comedy
God Wills It! : Understanding the Crusades
Christianity At the Crossroads: The Reformations of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
A History of Ancient Israel: From the Patriarchs Through the Romans
Masterpieces of Medieval Literature
From Jesus to Christianity: A History of the Early Church
Upon This Rock: A History of the Papacy From Peter to John Paul II
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic: A History of the Church in the Middle Ages
Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans: The Foundations of Western Civilization
History of Ancient Greece
Archaeology and the Illiad: The Trojan War in Homer and History
St. Augustine’s Confessions
World of Byzantium
Medieval Europe: Crisis and Renewal
Late Middle Ages
History of Ancient Rome
Early Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
American Civil War
The Final Days of Socrates
Agincourt
1776
The Johnstown Flood
Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800
John Adams
The Odyssey
Founding Brothers
Cavaliers and Roundheads
The Memoirs of William T. Sherman: Autobiography
The Annals of Tacitus
The Civil War: 50-48 BC by Caesar, Julius.
Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
Candide by Voltaire
George III: A Personal History
Common Sense by Paine, Thomas.
Plutarch’s Lives
Battle Cry of Freedom
Battle Cry of Freedom. Volume 2
Mosby’s Men by Alexander, John Henry.
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Part I
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Part II
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Part III
Odyssey of the West I, Hebrews and Greeks / : A Classic Education Through the Great Books
Odyssey of the West. II: A Classic Education Through the Great Books: From Athens to Rome to the Gospels
Greek Drama: Tragedy and Comedy
Classical Mythology : The Greeks
Classical Mythology : The Romans
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
Washington’s Crossing
George Washington, Spymaster : How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights
The Path Between the Seas – Building the Panama Canal 1870-1914
Odyssey of the West III, The Medieval World / : A Classic Education Through the Great Books
Odyssey of the West IV, A Classic Education Through the Great Books: Towards Enlightenment
The Great Bridge
Dark Genius of Wall Street : The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons
High Seas, High Stakes : Naval Battles That Changed History
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Visions of Utopia
Mornings On Horseback McCullough, David G
Green River Running Red
The Education of Henry Adams
Team of Rivals – the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
3 Sara Dallas // May 1, 2009 at 11:41 am
Thank you for taking the time to post your comment.
It was a group decision made by library directors to try Overdrive to see if it met the listening/reading needs of the people in our region.
Titles are being added throughout the year – on a timely schedule. I have forwarded your comment to the people that are selecting the titles.
If you have specific title suggestions, and if they are available through Overdrive, every consideration will be given to add them to the collection.
All listeners/readers should contact their local public library with title suggestions.
Again, thank you.
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