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Download eBooks Now Available Worldwide for Sailors, Marines, and Coasties
Navy General Library Program Offers Digital Library Access Anytime, Anywhere
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CLEVELAND, OH--(Marketwire - September 19, 2007) - Navy Knowledge Online has enhanced its
digital library with hundreds of educational and entertaining eBooks for
Sailors, Marines, and their families to download. After announcing the
addition of download video in August, the Navy's digital library has been
so popular that they're expanding to include high quality content in all
digital formats: audio books, music, video, and now eBooks. The Navy's
digital library collection can be viewed at http://navy.lib.overdrive.com,
but registered users must checkout and download through
https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil.
Thousands of Navy personnel have checked out titles from the digital
library, which is accessible worldwide. It allows users to download a wide
variety of titles for listening and viewing on a PC or laptop, and then
transfer to portable devices, such as Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and dozens
of compatible MP3 players. The titles automatically expire at the end of
the 10-day loan period and are returned to the Navy's digital library.
The new collection of eBooks offers nearly 400 titles, with heavy emphasis
on foreign language and graphic novels. Foreign language learning audio
books are consistently one of the highest circulating subjects in the
Navy's collection, and the addition of eBooks in more than 10 languages was
highly anticipated. Popular graphic novels, such as "The Time Machine" from
Stone Arch books, and best-selling "Dummies" books for investing, grant
writing, and small business, are also available to download.
"Our foreign language eBooks are the perfect enhancement to our foreign
language learning audio collection which has been extremely popular with
our users," commented Nellie Moffitt, Navy General Library Program Manager.
"We were also looking for something entertaining, and what better than
digital comic books, graphic novels, and juvenile fiction for all to
enjoy?"
The Navy launched their digital library in 2005. Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard personnel and their families have global access to download
audio books, eBooks, music, and video from one system, provided by
OverDrive, the leading provider of digital media services for libraries.
Questions regarding this service should be directed to Sfly_nglp@navy.mil.
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