Download free audio books from Bucks libraries

Booklovers can now escape to another world at home or on their travels with free audio book downloads straight to the PC, mobile phone or MP3 player, from Buckinghamshire libraries.

The new service offers users more than 600 unabridged titles to choose from, with new titles added each month. The current list of e-audiobook download titles includes the new 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction from Howard Jacobson 'The Finkler Question', Stieg Larsson's 'The Millennium Trilogy', Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall', Sophie Kinsella's 'Twenties Girl', Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol', plus many others.

Up to ten audio books can be downloaded for free at any one time. All residents need is a library card and PIN number. If you do not have a Buckinghamshire library card, its quick and easy to join. Just pop into your local library or go online at www.buckscc.gov.uk/libraries.

Patricia Birchley, Buckinghamshire County Council's Cabinet Member for Adults and Family Wellbeing, said: "This is just the beginning for online and e-download services in Buckinghamshire's libraries. We are always looking for ways to meet the changing needs and expectations of our users. These days people are always downloading something to listen to at home, or on the move. Now with just a few clicks people can download and listen to audio books at their leisure, whenever and wherever they want."

To find out more about this new service visit www.buckscc.gov.uk/libraries

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