Summer Roadtrip? Free Audiobook Downloads from Sync

Planning a summer road trip? Sync, "an online community that seeks to build the audience for audiobooks among readers 13 and up", will be offering free audiobook downloads throughout the summer. Each week, one recent young adult book and one classic book will be available for download free of charge. Here's a partial list:

Available July 1 - July 7
The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Available July 8 - July 14
Over the End Line by Alfred C. Martino
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

Available July 15 - July 21
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Available July 22 - July 28
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Available July 29 - August 4
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Available August 5 - August 11
Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Check out the Sync website for more information and a full schedule of books: http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/index.html

Thanksgiving Road Trip?

Thanksgiving road trip? Why not catch up on reading journal articles? Did you know that the library's online databases from Gale allow you to download MP3 file recordings of newspaper, magazine, and journal articles? MP3 files can be listened to on your computer, loaded into most MP3 players, or even burned onto a traditional CD for ease of listening. To get started, try searching Gale Databases like Academic OneFile , choose an article that interests you, and look for the "Download MP3" icon on the page. Happy listening!