City of Upland, CA

Digital books are the digital versions of print books, including downloadable audio books for listening and eBooks for on-screen reading. Upland Public Library offers two online collections of digital books, OverDrive (downloadable bestsellers and other books) and Tumblebooks (picture books and puzzles for kids). The Library also has pocket-sized, pre-loaded digital book players called Playaways.

Once you download a OverDrive digital eBook or audio book to your computer or laptop, you can view or listen to it, transfer it to a supported portable device, or copy to a CD.

The Library has partnered with other members of Califa (a library consortium) to make OverDrive digital books available to you via the
Califa Digital Book Download Center.

To access digital books from OverDrive you will need:

• A valid library card - If your card number begins with P, please update your account at the Circulation Desk.
• Access to the Internet.
• Free software for the device on which you wish to use your digital book (Adobe® Reader® or Mobipocket Reader for eBooks, OverDrive Media Console™ for audio books).

Now you can borrow audiobooks with no cassettes, no CDs, no computers, and no downloads. Just plug in your own earphones, and listen to a great story. The Playaway® is half the size of a deck of cards. Each player can hold content that ranges from 6 to 24 hours of play time. Using clearly marked buttons, Playaway® gives listeners the option of controlling the speed of a narrator’s voice, all while easily moving both forward and back through the audio selections. Its small size and the accompanying lanyard make portability easy. They are ideal for runners, walkers, commuters, and anyone who doesn’t have access to a tape or cd player or an Internet-accessible computer. The rental fee is $2.00 per 3-week loan period. Earphones and AAA batteries are available at the Circulation Desk for purchase.

To get a list of Playaway titles in the CITRUS catalog, start by clicking on the red Search Catalog button at the top of any Library webpage. Search for DBP as a word or phrase search and click on the blue Search button, or you can follow these steps to do a Call Number search:

• Click on Power Search (below the search box).
• Click on CALL_NUMBER in the Catalog Searches box.
• Type DBP and then click on the blue Search button.

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions webpage for more information about the Playaway.

TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books, which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book, which you can read or have read to you.