Audiobooks

The library offers audiobooks in a variety of formats, including

  • Books on CD
  • Playaway - individual audiobooks preloaded on an MP3 player
  • OverDrive - thousands of downloadable audiobooks in multiple formats.  Listen to them on your PC or download to a variety of devices.

 

Like Audiobooks? Try Audiobook Update.

Online Resources

EBSCOhost eBooks (formerly NetLibrary) [connect] [more] [availability]
The EBSCOhost eBooks collection (formerly NetLibrary) includes the searchable full text of over 8,000 online books. Fiction and nonfiction are included.

Safari Books Online [connect] [more] [availability]
A custom Safari Books Online library that contains a specially-tailored subset of 200 titles from Safari Books Online's extensive library. Safari Books Online has many best-selling, top-rated computing and technology books.

Wisconsin's Digital Library, Powered by Overdrive
Wisconsin's Digital Library, Powered by Overdrive [connect] [more] [availability]
Download audiobooks, eBooks, music and videos directly to your computer or for use with a variety of devices. Fiction and nonfiction are included, and many popular titles are available.

Audiobooks News

Screenshot from Wisconsin's Digital Library Discover Library eBooks Want to learn how to access free ebooks or downloadable audiobooks from your local library?  Join us for a series of classes and individualized training sessions this spring ...read more

Posted by Tana on
January 8, 2013
A Story Before Bed A Story Before Bed Can't get enough storytime? Go to our A Story Before Bed page, select a book, and choose "Hear the Story" to see a virtual picture book and hear it being read by Alicia Ashman ...read more

Posted by Jon - Central Library on
June 19, 2012
Madison Public Library Insider Madison Public Library Insider Madison Public Library's newsletters were recently remade as Madison Public Library: Insider. We like to read...we read reviews...we're book insiders! And we've organized the best ...read more

Posted by Jon - Central Library on
February 24, 2012