Downloadable Audiobooks

Connect, click and listen!

Downloadable audiobooks are available from NetLibrary/Recorded Books!

• Listen to audiobooks downloaded to your computer.
• Transfer the digital audio files to an MP3 device that plays .wma files and listen anywhere.
• One-Click Audio now offers a selection of eAudiobook titles in the MP3 file format compatible with virtually all MP3 players, including Apple’s iPod® and iPhone® and many other portable audio devices.
• Hundreds of unabridged audiobook titles are available, including the award-winning Pimsleur language series, 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.
• Downloading is available without any special software for your computer or portable audio player, using Windows Media Player.  Or, download NetLibrary’s Media Center free desktop application (see link at right).
• iPod models are not compatible with the entire system, but the books may be played on many other portable device models.  In January 2009, a select group of iPod-compatible titles were added.
• Lists of recommended players are available at the Library or by clicking on the link to the right.

With NetLibrary you also have easy access to 5,200 electronic book titles (provided to Massachusetts residents by the Boston Public Library).  Read them online from cover-to-cover, including popular topics such as business, computers, consumer health and travel.  NetLibrary eBooks provide a handy at-home reference library.