How to How to Download Audiobooks to your PC
1) On the MORE online catalog (http://www.more.lib.wi.us), click on Digital Downloads to go to the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium website (http://dbooks.wplc.info)
2) Sign in using your MORE library card.
3) To sign in, type your library's name and select it from the list. In this example, River Falls Public Library.
4) Enter your entire
library card number (without any spaces)and then click on
Sign In.
(You must have an up-to-date MORE library card with less than
$10.00 in fines to check-out. If you do not have a library card, go to
your local Wisconsin public library to sign-up for a card. To find your
local IFLS library, go to
http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/Default.aspx?tabid=150 or to find your
closest local Wisconsin library go to
http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/wisysdir.html#public.)
5) You will be in your account after signing in.
6) Find an available audiobook. Click on View Currently Available (on the left under Browse) to find something available right now.
7) When find an audiobook you want to download, click on
Add to Cart. Make sure the file will
work on your computer.
Note the file type (WMA =
Windows Media Audio file or
MP3 = MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3)
and what the file will play on. Generally, WMA files will not work
with Macs. MP3 files will work with almost everything. Also,
some files can be burned to a CD and others cannot, it depends on the
digital rights allowed by the publisher or copyright holder.
8) After you add the audiobook files your want to your cart, click on Proceed to Checkout. Make sure to verify that you have selected the correct file format, WMA or MP3. Both are shown the the example below.
9) Select a loan period of either 7 or 14 days and then click on Confirm Check Out
10) Click on Download.
You must already have the OverDrive Media Console
Software installed. For installation instructions,
click here.
11) The download will open with OverDrive Media Console. Click on OK.
12) When OverDrive opens, click on OK in the Get Media window.
13) Click on Yes to create a folder for the download.
14) To get all parts of the audiobook, click on Check All and then OK.
15) Depending on your connection speed and the number of parts to the audiobook, it can take a long time to download. Please be patient and wait for the entire audiobook to download. You will see the progress of the download toward the bottom of the OverDrive program.
16) In the example below, Anne of Avonlea is done downloading and Animals in Translation is almost done (98%) downloading.
When the download is complete, the titles can be played on your computer or depending on the digital-rights, transferred to a portable device or burned to a CD.
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