St. Joseph Public Library Launches eAudiobook, eBook Service and Digital Magazine Service
St. Joseph, MO (PRWEB) October 31, 2013 -- St. Joseph Public Library (St. Joseph, MO) has partnered with RBdigital from Recorded Books (Prince Frederick, MD) to deliver two new electronic resources: Zinio for Libraries and OneClickdigital. Zinio for Libraries, awarded Best New Database of 2012 by Library Journal, is billed as the world’s largest newsstand, offering multi-user access to popular publications. OneClickdigital is an online service that allows patrons to check out eAudiobooks and eBooks, including bestsellers, Recorded Books exclusives, classics and selections for children and young adults.
“Libraries are all about providing information to people, but the way we provide that information continues to change and evolve,” said Mary Beth Revels, St. Joseph Public Library Director. “We now offer downloadable audiobooks and eBooks through OneClickdigital and e-magazines through Zinio.”
OneClickdigital provides patrons at St. Joseph Public Library free access to eAudio and eBooks at home, in the library, or anywhere with Internet access. Many titles are multi-access, so multiple users can check out a given title at the same time, eliminating holds. OneClickdigital is compatible with all popular listening devices, and mobile apps are available for the iPhone, Android, and Kindle Fire. OneClickdigital features an easy-to-use interface with streamlined navigation, fast downloads and automatic software updates. Live toll-free technical support is available at 1-877-77AUDIO.
Patrons of St. Joseph Public Library may now also visit the library’s website for unlimited simultaneous access to complete digital magazines. Zinio features complete, full-color, page-for-page magazines with intuitive navigation, key-word article search and interactive elements such as audio and video. Periodicals can be viewed on most Internet-enabled devices inside or outside of the library. “Kiplinger’s Personal Finance,” “Every Day with Rachael Ray,” “Men’s Fitness,” “Rolling Stone” and “Us Weekly” are just a few of the fifty-five popular titles that are available.
We’re able to provide more content to more people by providing it in lots of different formats,” said Revels. “If someone is interested in paper we happily have that too.”
For more information, library patrons can go to http://www.sjpl.lib.mo.us, or address questions directly to library staff members at St. Joseph Public Library.
About Recorded Books
Recorded Books, LLC is a leading provider of library services around the world, one of the largest independent producer of unabridged audiobooks, and a distributor of other audio products. Recorded Books delivers its products as both physical media (CDs and Playaway digital players) and via OneClickdigital, a downloading service featuring eBooks and professionally narrated English- and Spanish-language audiobooks for adults, children and young adults. Through RBdigital, Recorded Books also offers a host of educational and entertainment services, including digital magazines, language-learning programs, software training, and database services. Recorded Books is a division of Haights Cross Communications. For more information, visit http://www.recordedbooks.com.
About Zinio: Zinio is the world’s largest newsstand and bookstore. With its many digital products and services, Zinio creates better ways for people to discover published content, get more of it and do more with it. Now, readers can purchase content once to be read on any screen. Zinio provides the ability to shop for, search inside, read, share and save digital content in 23 local newsstands in any country in the world. Through the ZINIO UNITY™ reading platform, readers can move seamlessly within each publication page between text, interactive graphics, animated illustrations, videos and much more. Offering hundreds of thousands of the best digital titles, Zinio’s e-stores and applications are revolutionizing reading. Founded in 2001 and privately held, Zinio is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York, London, Paris, Barcelona and Taipei. For more information, visit http://www.zinio.com.
Mary Beth Revels, St. Joseph Public Library, http://sjpl.lib.mo.us/, 816-232-7729, [email protected]
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