#1 Fan of eBooks
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy , Fiction
That's me. The #1 fan of eBooks. The Ohio eBook Project was obviously put together with my needs in mind. OK, I had to buy the MP3 player and a PDA to download the material but sometimes I need to be pushed.
My new car has the built-in MP3 connection.
You only need your library card, your pin number, a home computer, and a couple of electronic toys, i.e., a PDA or MP3 player that's not an iPod.
You can get to the Ohio eBook Project on the Library's Home Page. Scroll down to find the yellow splotch that says Digital Books. All instructions and the software necessary are available on this site.
On my PDA, I read A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, The Birthday of the World and other stories by Ursula K. Le Guin, and a fascinating book by Ann Patchett, Truth and Beauty: a Friendship. My current selection is the most recent Amelia Peabody mystery, Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters.
On my MP3 player, I listened to Julie and Julia by Julie Powell, Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery, Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters, and an interesting biography, Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinor Pruitt Steward.
There are several categories, Classic Literature, General Fiction, Biography, and Autobiography, Recently Returned and others. Or you can search by format, OverDrive audio book, Mobipocket ebook and Adobe ebook.
Best of all is a category for Science Fiction and Fantasy. Don't get me wrong, I've checked out other titles as well. But the SF&F list includes some of the old favorites. Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Larry Niven, Arthur C. Clarke, H.G. Wells, and Fritz Leiber. Many of these titles are only available in audio format through the Ohio eBook Project. I'll be listening to Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein soon.
Recently, I was delighted to find the epic fantasy The Belgariad by David Eddings available in the OverDrive audio book format. Reader Cameron Bierle portrays BelGarath the Sourcerer with a grave and forbidding voice. Garion, the protagonist is the perfect broody teen. It's a great way to experience an old friend of a book.
All links are to physical copies of the books.
