Audio Books

Audio books are print books read aloud usually by a professional actor, though sometimes by the author. They are ideal for: when you are traveling; doing crafts; or if you are print-impaired. Audio books come in two forms: abridged (a shorter version than the original); or unabridged (all the words from the print edition). We no longer collect abridged Audio Books when an unabridged version is available, but we have some older abridged titles.

Huntsville Library offers several collections of books read aloud as spoken word recording in five formats:

• Tradional audio compact disc (over 550 titles);
  To browse this collection in the catalogue, use 'Books on CD' as a subject

• Books on cassette tape (no longer adding to this collection)(more than 350 titles)
  To browse this collection in the catalogue, use 'Books on tape' as a subject

• Audiobooks in MP3 on compact discs (no longer adding to this collection)
  To browse this collection in the catalogue, use 'Books on mp3' as a subject (15 titles)

• PlayAway audiobooks (pre-loaded MP3 recordings each with its own miniature player)(over 100 titles)
  To browse this collection in the catalogue, use, 'Playaway audiobooks' as a subject.

• Two shared collections of downloadable MP3 eAudiobooks