{"id":2392,"date":"2013-07-10T17:32:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T22:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elmhurstpubliclibrary.org\/?page_id=2392"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:16:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T20:16:42","slug":"eaudiobooks-how-to","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myepl.shop\/lib\/247-e-library\/eaudiobooks-how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"eAudiobooks How To"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Quick Start: eAudiobooks<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myepl.shop\/lib\/wp-content\/uploads\/iPod-MP3-Audio.pdf\">eAudiobook directions for iPod &amp; MP3 players<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/myepl.shop\/lib\/wp-content\/uploads\/ipodmp3handout.pdf\">\r\n<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myepl.shop\/lib\/wp-content\/uploads\/MobileDevices-audio-3.pdf\">eAudiobook directions\u00a0for Mobile Devices &#8211; Smartphones and Tablets<\/a>\r\n<a id=\"help\"><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Getting Started: eAudiobook and Device Help<\/h2>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/nsls.overdrive.com\/\">Digital Library of Illinois (DLIL) \/ OverDrive \/ Libby<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.overdrive.com\/customer\/en\/portal\/articles\/1481729-getting-started-with-overdrive\">Getting Started with OverDrive<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.overdrive.com\/customer\/en\/portal\/articles\/1481727-get-help-with-audiobooks-from-overdrive\">Get Help with eAudiobooks<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.overdrive.com\/customer\/en\/portal\/articles\/1481730-having-trouble-\">Troubleshooting Help for Specific Devices<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.overdrive.com\/customer\/en\/portal\/articles\/2827114\">Libby App Help<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.overdrive.com\/en-us\/devices.htm\">Device Profiles<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0gives a snapshot of how popular devices can be used with digital titles from the OverDrive-powered library.\u00a0Each profile lists recommended software and\/or apps, compatible formats, and links to articles and videos containing step-by-step instructions to help you get started.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><a title=\"Hoopla\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopladigital.com\/home\">Hoopla<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopladigital.com\/help\">Hoopla FAQs and Device Help<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 find answers to general questions plus information about supported devices.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/yourcloudlibrary.com\">cloudLibrary<\/a><\/h3>\r\nEPL has discontinued our subscription for the CloudLibrary service. EPL users will no longer be able to access the CloudLibrary platform beginning <u>May 31, 2025<\/u>. We encourage users to use the Libby platform for ebook and eaudiobook access.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcloudlibrary.com\/en\/support.html?cmpcat=0&amp;cmpid=0_support\">FAQs and Device Help\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; find answers to general question plus information about supported devices.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Device Reviews<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.elmhurstpubliclibrary.org:2048\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;custid=elmhurst&amp;groupid=main&amp;site=crcro\">Consumer Reports <\/a>\r\nJust click the link above to search.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2>Checkout Rules<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"table-wrap-message wow \">&#8592; <em>swipe<\/em> to view full table &#8594;<\/p><div class=\"table-wrap wow  \"><div class=\"shadow\"><\/div><div class=\"shadow close\"><\/div><div class=\"table-wrap-inner\">\r\n<table style=\"height: 186px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"597\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Loan Period<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Limit<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Always Available<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Renewals<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EPL cardholders only<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>DLIL<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1, 2, or 3 weeks<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5 items\r\nat a time<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">No<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes, if no waiting list<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Hoopla<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3 weeks<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">15 items per month<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">No<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<a id=\"other\"><\/a>\r\n<h2>Other Free eAudiobooks Sites<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loyalbooks.com\/\">Loyal Books<\/a>\u00a0Thousands of free downloadable audio books that can be downloaded to portable audio players<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/\">Project Gutenberg<\/a> Offers more than 33,000 free books that work with all portable audio players. Classic titles and public domain works will be found through this site. Requires no registration<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nQuestions? Comments? 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