Anonymous
05/26/2022 10:47
Subject: Tech Device for Libby Audiobooks
Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the MP3 player descriptions. The transfer / renaming process seems a bit burdensome, but this might be an option for us
MP3 player poster here again. You are welcome.
Yes, it is a bit burdensome. But it takes about 12 minutes total, which is less time than if I were to get in my car and drive to the library, check out an audiobook on CD, and drive back home.
Anonymous
05/25/2022 22:44
Subject: Tech Device for Libby Audiobooks
Thank you for the MP3 player descriptions. The transfer / renaming process seems a bit burdensome, but this might be an option for us 
Anonymous
05/21/2022 09:31
Subject: Re:Tech Device for Libby Audiobooks
PP here who listens to audiobooks on an MP3 player.
OP, since you asked about ereaders, I will also tell you about what I use for an e-reader. I use a really old kindle.
I like to thrift shop, and about 6 years ago I was in the goodwill and they had an old kindle keyboard for sale for $18. So I bought it.
Kindle keyboard was the 3rd generation of kindles and came out in 2010.
It turned out the program for the kindle keyboard I bought needed updating in order to work. So I had to register it on my amazon account, then update it. It took some grumbling and some headscratching to get it all figured out but it works fine now.
It's quite durable. I have dropped it many times and it is fine. It's only semi-backlit, so if I want to read in the dark, I clip a booklight onto it.
A few months ago, there I was in the thrift shop again, and there was another kindle keyboard for sale for $4. So I bought it too. Even though I didn't need it. Hey, it was only $4! It works fine too. It already had a gazillion books loaded on it. Including a couple audiobooks. I listened to one the other day and realized there was no volume button on the kindle. Bummer.
The kindle keyboard has wifi capabilities. The later version of the kindle keyboard has wifi and 3g capabilities.
There are gobs and oodles of second hand kindle keyboards for sale on ebay. And at Goodwill dot org. Generally priced at about $30. Seeing as I have two and they work fine, I would not hesitate to buy a second hand one from one of those sites.
It has an option to "read" the ebook to you, but it does it in a robot voice.
I download library books to my kindle. I have to log on to both my library website and my amazon account to do so, which is kind of a pain. But it is all good.
Anyway, if you want a cheap option for e-readers for your kids, there you have it.
OP, since you asked about ereaders, I will also tell you about what I use for an e-reader. I use a really old kindle.
I like to thrift shop, and about 6 years ago I was in the goodwill and they had an old kindle keyboard for sale for $18. So I bought it.
Kindle keyboard was the 3rd generation of kindles and came out in 2010.
It turned out the program for the kindle keyboard I bought needed updating in order to work. So I had to register it on my amazon account, then update it. It took some grumbling and some headscratching to get it all figured out but it works fine now.
It's quite durable. I have dropped it many times and it is fine. It's only semi-backlit, so if I want to read in the dark, I clip a booklight onto it.
A few months ago, there I was in the thrift shop again, and there was another kindle keyboard for sale for $4. So I bought it too. Even though I didn't need it. Hey, it was only $4! It works fine too. It already had a gazillion books loaded on it. Including a couple audiobooks. I listened to one the other day and realized there was no volume button on the kindle. Bummer.
The kindle keyboard has wifi capabilities. The later version of the kindle keyboard has wifi and 3g capabilities.
There are gobs and oodles of second hand kindle keyboards for sale on ebay. And at Goodwill dot org. Generally priced at about $30. Seeing as I have two and they work fine, I would not hesitate to buy a second hand one from one of those sites.
It has an option to "read" the ebook to you, but it does it in a robot voice.
I download library books to my kindle. I have to log on to both my library website and my amazon account to do so, which is kind of a pain. But it is all good.
Anyway, if you want a cheap option for e-readers for your kids, there you have it.
Anonymous
05/21/2022 08:57
Subject: Tech Device for Libby Audiobooks
Anonymous wrote:Libby books can't be downloaded. You have to be connected to the internet for them to work.Anonymous wrote:Just do not connect it to your WiFi. You can do it just to download for them.
Wrong. I download them all the time.
If you don’t want a phone I use my Kindle Oasis or Alexa/Echo.
Anonymous
05/21/2022 08:38
Subject: Re:Tech Device for Libby Audiobooks
PP again who uses an MP3 player.
Okay, I decided to be "thorough" in my posting, so I just now hooked up my MP3 player to see how much memory I have on it.
Turns out I have an 8 GB MP3 player. I currently have a ten hour audiobook downloaded on it and that ten hour audiobook uses 1/2 GB of memory.
The model is agptek a02.
The sound is good, the battery life is good.
Okay, I decided to be "thorough" in my posting, so I just now hooked up my MP3 player to see how much memory I have on it.
Turns out I have an 8 GB MP3 player. I currently have a ten hour audiobook downloaded on it and that ten hour audiobook uses 1/2 GB of memory.
The model is agptek a02.
The sound is good, the battery life is good.