Overdrive – the home of many of WCL’s e-audiobooks and all the e-books – has had a makeover. The new site features are explained in this news post here. Included is an introductory tutorial, hosted by a polite and competent Overdrive librarian.
Tag: e-books
More from the library’s Overdrive ebook collection:
After Obsession, Carrie Jones & Steven E Wedel. “Aimee and Alan have secrets. Both teens have unusual pasts and abilities they prefer to keep hidden. But when they meet each other, in a cold Maine town, they can’t stop their secrets from spilling out. Strange things have been happening lately, and they both feel that something-or someone- is haunting them. They’re wrong. Despite their unusual history and powers, it’s neither Aimee nor Alan who is truly haunted. It’s Alan’s cousin Courtney who, in a desperate plea to find her missing father, has invited a demon into her life-and into her body. Only together can Aimee and Alan exorcise the ghost. And they have to move quickly, before it devours not just Courtney but everything around her.” (goodreads.com)
Beautiful Creatures series (first 3), Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Since the movie’s out, you might like to re-read these – they’re getting popular again. The regular books are here also.
The movie website is here, and FB here.
Dust Girl, Sarah Zettel. A fairy story with an edge. “Callie LeRoux lives in Slow Run, Kansas, helping her mother run their small hotel and trying not to think about the father she’s never met. Lately all of her energy is spent battling the constant storms plaguing the Dust Bowl and their effects on her health. Callie is left alone when her mother goes missing in a dust storm. Her only hope comes from a mysterious man offering a few clues about her destiny and the path she must take to find her parents in ‘the golden hills of the west’: California. Along the way she meets Jack, a young hobo boy who is happy to keep her company – there are dangerous, desperate people at every turn. And there’s also an otherworldly threat to Callie. Warring fae factions, attached to the creative communities of American society, are very much aware of the role this half-mortal, half-fae teenage girl plays in their fate.” (goodreads.com)
Every You, Every Me, David Levithan. “In this high school-set psychological tale, a tormented teen named Evan starts to discover a series of unnerving photographs – some of which feature him. Someone is stalking him… messing with him… threatening him. Worse, ever since his best friend Ariel has been gone, he’s been unable to sleep, spending night after night torturing himself for his role in her absence. And as crazy as it sounds, Evan’s starting to believe it’s Ariel that’s behind all of this, punishing him. But the more Evan starts to unravel the mystery, the more his paranoia and insomnia amplify, and the more he starts to unravel himself.” (goodreads.com)
Queen of the Night, Leanne Hall. The sequel to This is Shyness. “The dark is dangerous. So is the past. So are your dreams. For six months Nia – Wildgirl – has tried to forget Wolfboy, the mysterious boy she spent one night with in Shyness – the boy who said he’d call but didn’t. Then Wolfboy calls. The things he tells her pull her back to the suburb of Shyness, where the sun doesn’t rise and dreams and reality are difficult to separate. There, Doctor Gregory has seemingly disappeared, the Darkness is changing and Wolfboy’s friend is in trouble. And Nia decides to become Wildgirl once more.” (goodreads.com)
If you want to find out more about library e-books, there’s more information in this post right here.
The library has a growing collection of -ebooks, including a selection in the popular young adult dystopian genre:
0.4, Mike Lancaster
The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Mary E Pearson
Ashfall, Mike Mullin
Candor, Pam Bachorz
Matched and Crossed, Ally Condie
The Dead, Charlie Higson
The Declaration, The Resistance and The Legacy, Gemma Malley
There’s a waiting list for the Hunger Games trilogy, but if you don’t mind that then The Hunger Games is here, Catching Fire here and Mockingjay here.
E-books are available for three weeks, and they’re free to borrow (and also don’t incur any overdue charges). So easy.
For other, print, dystopian books have a look at this list.
If you’re a Harry Potter fan and you’ve got an e-book reader, then you’ll be pleased to know that we’ve recently added the entire series to the library e-book collection! Here are the links:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
A couple of trilogies added this week:
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins. Read it on your e-book reader before the movie comes out! Also, there’s Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Like print books, library e-books are reservable – you will be notified by email when they’re ready for you to collect (you have a couple of days to do so).
Shiver, Linger and Forever by Maggie Stiefvater, which form the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, about a pack of wolves who are in reality humans infected with a virus.
If you want to find out more about library e-books, there’s more information in this post right here.
Huzzah. Here’s a selection of e-book additions to the library collection:
Drink, Slay, Love, Sarah Beth Durst
Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healey
Crossed, Ally Condie
Clockwork Prince, Cassandra Clare
The Red Shoe, Ursula Dubosarsky
Wintergirls, Laurie Halse Anderson
Note that the library e-books are available to borrow for two weeks, and you don’t have to worry about overdues (or losing them, obvs.). If you’re unsure what you need to do to start using the library’s e-book collection, then have a look at this step-by-step help guide (it should have all the answers).
Additionally, we have some new downloadable audiobooks, for example:
The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater
Twisted, Laurie Halse Anderson
Dead End in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
Beads, Boys and Bangles, Sophia Bennett
I Was Jane Austen’s Best Friend, Cora Harrison
If you’re not sure you want to commit to an audiobook, you can test-drive it by listening to a sample, and if the title you want is not available, you can reserve it – you’ll get a notification by email when it’s ready to collect (note that you only have a couple of days to pick up your reserves).
Here’s a sampling of what’s new to the library’s e-book collection:
Fantasy and Supernatural Fiction
- City of Bones, Cassandra Clare
- City of Ashes, Cassandra Clare
- City of Glass, Cassandra Clare
- City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare
- Need, Carrie Jones
- Entice, Carrie Jones
- Beautiful Chaos, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
General Fiction
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green and David Levithan
- An Abundance of Katherines, John Green
- Just Listen, Sarah Dessen
- August, Bernard Beckett (New Zealand)
- The Beginner’s Guide to Living, Lia Hills (New Zealand)
- The Summer I Turned Pretty, Jenny Han
- It’s Not Summer Without You, Jenny Han
Fiction With a Certain Amount of Action
- Auslander, Paul Dowsell
- Blink & Caution, Tim Wynne-Jones
- Beauty Queens, Libba Bray
There’s heaps more. Have a look at the e-book collection here.
Classic Novels
Not only are these available free, but they’re also effectively yours to keep! Read more here. Browse through the collection here.
What’s new in the WCL young adult eBook collection? Well, quite a lot actually, and here’s a sample:
Fantasy
- Mister Monday, Garth Nix
- Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan
- The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
Dystopian
- Candor, Pam Bachorz
- Matched, Ally Condie
- The Declaration, The Resistance and The Legacy, Gemma Malley
Supernatural
- Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
- Captivate, Carrie Jones
- Zombies Vs Unicorns (short stories)
Classics
- Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
- Emma, Jane Austen
- The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
Other generally cool titles of interest
- Dirty Little Secrets, C J Omololu
- The Golden Day, Ursula Dubosarsky
- Ebony Hill, Anna McKenzie
Plus: The Girl Who Was On Fire (non-fiction)
Browse the eBook fiction catalogue for more.
eBooks are free to borrow for two weeks (no overdues even!): all you need is a Wellington City Libraries card, an internet-connected computer or smartphone (or other e-reading device – but not a Kindle, sadly), and some free software you can download.
Do you enjoy the virtual page-turning experience? If you are do (doh) you might be interested to hear that you can now borrow e-books from Wellington City Libraries’ Overdrive service.
Some of the titles already available include the following:
- The 10 pm Question, Kate De Goldi*
- Beautiful Malice, Rebecca James*
- The Bride’s Farewell, Meg Rosoff*
- Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare
- The Dead, Charlie Higson
- Lock and Key, Sarah Dessen
The Sky is Everywhere, Jandy Nelson*
(and much more)
Overdrive e-books are in EPUB format, and will work on a PC, Mac, Sony Reader or Kobo (but not unfortunately a Kindle). In December/January you will also be able to access them on iPads, iPhones and iPod touches.
Like Overdrive audiobooks, e-books are free to download, and you won’t have to worry about overdues. For more information about what you will need to start downloading e-books have a look at this page here.
* Incidentally, these are some of the books that we think are the choicest.
