Have you ever tried an eAudio Book?

Here's a great article When words sing from the NY Times newspaper about eAudio Books.

Want to give them a try? Visit our eMedia Catalog and select the type of books you like (fiction, nonfiction, biographies, etc.) under eAudio Books on the menu. There is something for everyone!

Dan Brown's Inferno Now Available!

Dan Brown’s Inferno, available in eBook format on Tuesday, May 21st in the eMedia Catalog. Inferno is a sequel to Brown’s blockbuster earlier titles featuring symbologist Robert Langdon. They are, in order, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, and now Inferno.


As you might guess from the title, Brown’s newest story involves hidden clues contained in Dante’s Inferno, a part of his 14^th century classic epic poem The Divine Comedy, which also includes sections on Purgatory and Heaven ( though based on the title of Brown’s book, we are apparently visiting only the Hell section!)

To get a taste of what to expect, an excerpt is available on the author’s website. Please note that this link is a PDF that can be read in your internet browser. Inferno is published in eBook and print by Doubleday (Random House) and on audio by Books on Tape.

Macmillan Opens Up Selling to Libraries

When Macmillan launched their eBook collection with us in March, we heard cheers from our patrons that love the high circulating edge of your seat thrillers, crime novels and mysteries. With the success of the pilot program thus far, Macmillan has decided to expand their eBook offerings for libraries. Here are a few titles you might enjoy:

“Beekeeper’s Apprentice” by Laurie King
If you’re a fan of “Sherlock Holmes”, odds are you’ll enjoy this story since he’s one of the main characters! A young woman named Mary Russell becomes partners with the retired famed detective and they work together to look for the kidnapped daughter of an American senator. If you need more convincing, this book was named one of the Century’s Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.

“The Mermaids Singing” by Val McDermid
This was the summer he discovered what he wanted—at a gruesome museum of criminology far off the beaten track of more timid tourists. Visions of torture inspired his fantasies like a muse. It would prove so terribly fulfilling.

"Corpse de Ballet" by Ellen Pall
It's not as if Juliet Bodine wishes that she'd stayed an English professor instead of becoming a successful romance novelist. It's just that writing, though interesting, is never easy, and she will do almost anything to avoid her desk. So she succumbs to the pleas of her friend Ruth, a renowned choreographer, to help translate Dickens' Great Expectations into ballet form.

“Murder with Peacocks” by Donna Andrews
So far Meg Langslow's summer is not going swimmingly. Down in her small Virginia hometown, she's maid of honor at the nuptuals of three loved ones—each of whom has dumped the planning in her capable hands. One bride is set on including a Native American herbal purification ceremony, while another wants live peacocks on the lawn. Only help from the town's drop-dead gorgeous hunk, disappointingly rumored to be gay, keeps Meg afloat in a sea of dotty relatives and outrageous neighbors.

Other suggested titles include “Burn“, a part of the popular Nevada Barr series featuring Anna Pigeon, and “Whisper to the Blood” by Dana Stabenow.

Are you reading Four Corners of the Sky?

During The Big Library Read, we will post discussion questions on Facebook and Twitter, so be sure to follow us and Michael Malone and be a part of the dialogue. In addition, there will be a worldwide conversation using the hashtag #BigLibraryRead, so tweet your thoughts often on Twitter.

The book’s publisher, Sourcebooks and OverDrive, will be hosting a live Facebook chat with author Michael Malone, on Thursday, May 23 at 8pm ET (5pm PT) enabling readers to have their questions answered in real time.

If you would like to participate in this chat, please send questions during the week to us on Twitter (@OverDriveLibs) and stay tuned for more information. This program is the first of its kind, so head to our eMedia Catalog  to check out the title and join the #BigLibraryRead conversation!

Big Library Read Starts Today!

The new Big Library Read initiative is a joint effort between Sourcebooks, OverDrive and public libraries worldwide.  It’s a unique program (May 15-June 1) designed to unite the world in reading the same eBook title at the same time and to demonstrate the influence library patrons (you) can have. We already know the power of libraries – this is a unique way to let the rest of the world know!

Excitement is building….since last week, over 2,000 libraries have opted-in to participate in this event from 8 different countries – on 4 continents! Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, North Las Vegas Library and Boulder City Library are three of those libraries!

The eBook for this pilot is Four Corners of the Sky (click to get your copy of the eBook) by Michael Malone.  Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Malone, every member of the community (with a valid library card) can read the eBook at the same time at no cost to the library!

If you don't want to read the eBook version you can still participate with the print version! There are limited copies of The Four Corners of the Sky (click to reserve the print copy) available which you are welcome to begin reading now.

Look! We just added new eAudio Books!

Checkout the eAudio books just added to the eMedia Catalog.

Big Library Read

The new Big Library Read initiative is a joint effort between Sourcebooks, OverDrive and public libraries worldwide.  It’s a unique program (May 15-June 1) designed to unite the world in reading the same eBook title at the same time and to demonstrate the influence library patrons (you) can have. We already know the power of libraries – this is a unique way to let the rest of the world know!

Excitement is building….since last week, over 2,000 libraries have opted-in to participate in this event from 8 different countries – on 4 continents! Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, North Las Vegas Library and Boulder City Library are three of those libraries!

The eBook for this pilot is Four Corners of the Sky (click to get your copy of the eBook) by Michael Malone.  Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Malone, every member of the community (with a valid library card) can read the eBook at the same time at no cost to the library! The eBook will be available in the eMedia Catalog shortly. Watch eRead Me Vegas for the announcement of availability.

If you don't want to read the eBook version you can still participate with the print version! There are limited copies of The Four Corners of the Sky (click to reserve it) available which you are welcome to begin reading now.