{"id":662,"date":"2011-06-14T13:10:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/?p=662"},"modified":"2011-06-14T14:49:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T19:49:02","slug":"new-ways-to-access-ebooks-and-digital-audiobooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/2011\/06\/new-ways-to-access-ebooks-and-digital-audiobooks\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ways to Access eBooks and Digital Audiobooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to checkout and read an ebook, but you don&#8217;t have an ebook reader? \u00a0How about listen to a digital audiobook while on the go? \u00a0If you have a smartphone or similar device, then chances are that there&#8217;s an app for that.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kyunbound.lib.overdrive.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-665\" title=\"kentucky_libraries_unbound_promo\" src=\"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kentucky_libraries_unbound_promo.jpg\" alt=\"Kentucky Libraries Unbound\" width=\"175\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Overdrive, the company behind Kentucky Libraries Unbound, announced the release of the\u00a0OverDrive Media Console for Windows Phone yesterday. \u00a0The Overdrive Media Console app is also available for\u00a0Android\u2122, BlackBerry\u00ae, and iPhone\u00ae\/iPad\u00ae phones and devices. \u00a0The app allows these devices to download EPUB format ebooks and MP3 format audiobooks directly.<\/p>\n<p>If you find yourself standing in line at the grocery store, waiting on the fish to bite, or sitting on the beach, you can download a good book (assuming you have an internet connection, of course) to read or listen to anytime and anyplace.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/kyunbound.lib.overdrive.com\/en\/Announcement.htm\">Overdrive Media Console announcement page<\/a>. \u00a0To search for an ebook or digital audiobook, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/kyunbound.lib.overdrive.com\">Kentucky Libraries Unbound homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to checkout and read an ebook, but you don&#8217;t have an ebook reader? \u00a0How about listen to a digital audiobook while on the go? \u00a0If you have a smartphone or similar device, then chances are that there&#8217;s an app for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[45,44,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}