Greater Phoenix Digital Library
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Thousands of titles are available for Chandler Public Library cardholders to download from their home computers, anytime – day or night.  Digital books are the digital versions of print books, and include downloadable audiobooks for listening and eBooks for on-screen reading. Both digital audiobooks and eBooks can be used on a variety of devices such as PCs, laptops, and supported PDAs. This site offers digital audiobooks in the OverDrive Media Console™ format, and eBooks in the Adobe® Reader® and Mobipocket Reader formats. To access digital books at Greater Phoenix Digital Library, you will need:
  1. A valid library card
  2. Access to the Internet from your own personal computer 
  3. Free software for the device on which you wish to use your digital book (available at the Greater Phoenix Digital Library site

Please note that digital books can be enjoyed at home, at work, or when you travel, but are generally not for use on the computers in your library.

  • You can browse or search the Greater Phoenix Digital Library site for digital books. When you locate a title of interest, simply add it to your Digital BookBag and check out the title. More information on the checkout process
  • If the desired digital book is not available, you may place a hold on the title.
  • Once you have checked out the digital book, a download page will be displayed. Click the download link to download your digital book. Once the download is complete, you can close your Internet connection and enjoy your digital book offline.
  • You will never accrue late fees with digital books. At the end of the digital book loan period, the title will expire and be automatically 'returned' to the library. At this time, you can delete the expired file from your machine. 

Problems downloading?  Please email us or call during library hours.

Sample audiobooks:
Fast Women
by Jennifer Crusie
Dr. Blair's Spanish In No Time by Dr. Robert Blair 
101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers by Caryl Rae Krannich   
The 10-Minute Stress Manager by Emmett Miller
101 Ways to Transform Your Life by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Sample eBooks:
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
by Robert Kiyosaki
The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People by David Niven
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot
3rd Degree by James Patterson

01/04/2007