Downloadable Audiobooks & Music

Freegal Music – Download songs that are yours to keep!

GPL is pleased to offer a new product. Freegal Music offers free, DRM-free access to songs from the Sony Music catalog—thousands of recordings by your favorite artists. Log in to Freegal Music with your library card number and PIN and begin downloading! Limits are set at three downloads per week. Your counter will turn back to zero each Monday morning. Then you can download three more tunes during the new week.

All types of music are available. Search by subject, historical event, genre, people, cultural group, place, time period, or ensemble.

For more information on how to download music and help using Freegal, consult the FAQ page on the Freegal website. If you have any comments or questions about this new service, please contact us at info@gpl.org.

OneClickdigital Downloadable Audiobooks

Starting in October 2011, downloadable audiobooks from Recorded Books are available through OneClickdigital. The launch of this new platform will make downloading audiobooks faster and easier than ever before. The best news is that all of the audiobooks are now compatible with iPods and other Apple devices.

All users will have to set up a new free account with OneClickdigital. Click on the link, then click on "create new account" in the upper right and follow the on-screen instructions. You will need a valid Groton Public Library card to set up an account with your own username and password.

OneClickdigital recommends that users download and install their free program OneClickdigital Media Manager. This is the easiest way to download audiobooks to your PC. If you intend to listen to audiobooks on an iPod or other Apple device, you will also need to have iTunes installed on your computer. When you set up your account, you have the option of selecting Apple devices (iTunes) or "other" for all other types portable mp3 players supporting wma (Windows Media Audio). See the FAQ section and video tutorials at OneClickdigital for more information on types of devices and how to install OneClickdigital Media Manager. At this time, a version of OneClickdigital Media Manager for Macs is still under development.

Here's how downloadable audiobooks work:

• Set up your OneClickdigital account.
• Download and install OneClickdigital Media Manager (recommended) on your PC.
• Login to OneClickdigital, select an audiobook title, and check it out.
• Download the title(s) you have checked out to your computer.
• Listen to downloaded audiobooks on your computer, or transfer files to your portable listening device using OneClickdigital Media Manager.
• Manual downloading is also available without any special software for your computer or portable audio player, using Windows Media Player.
• Hundreds of unabridged audiobook titles are available, including the Modern Scholar series, and many children's and young adult titles.
• New titles added monthly.

Groton library card holders can set up a FREE account from home and access the audio library from any computer―24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• Unlimited copies of each title are available, so there are no holds to worry about.
• There are no overdue fines. Unless they are renewed, titles cease to play after 21 days.
• Users can check out up to 10 titles at a time.