NetLibrary Information & Help

Monterey County Free Libraries offer downloadable eAudiobooks and eBooks that may be accessed 24/7 from your home computer. eBooks are digital books that may be read from your home computer or a library computer.  They are not downloadable. 

eAudiobooks are recorded books that may be downloaded to your home computer, or MP3 player.  Library computers may not be used for this service.  NetLibrary has two kinds of audiobooks:  WMA and MP3.  WMA audiobooks require Windows Media Player and a Windows compatible WMA player.  MP3 audiobooks will work on most portable players, including Apple iPods.  Please check the list of portable players that may be used with NetLibrary at:  http://www.oclc.org/audiobooks/techspecs/devices.htm  

A valid Monterey County Free Libraries card is required to enter the site and create a free account.  Once you have created a free account, you may download eAudiobooks to Windows Media Player (WMP), or to the NetLibrary Media Center (NMC) which may be downloaded from the NetLibrary website.  Downloading the NMC will place an icon on your desktop which will enable you to directly access NetLibrary to play, browse, and download more eAudiobooks.  For a demo on how to use the NMC, please click here.  WMP will store and play your downloaded eAudiobooks only.   For a demo on how to download to WMC, click here.  Once you have created a free account, you may access the collection by double clicking the NetLibrary Media Center icon on your desktop, logging in directly at www.netlibrary.com, or revisiting Monterey County Free Libraries' eBooks & eAudiobooks webpage.

This new and developing service from NetLibrary Media Center and your library requires that your computer meet certain specifications.  There are many helpful video demonstrations and informational links to help with most problems you might encounter at: http://www.netlibrary.com/Help/Default.aspx  

Note:  The NetLibrary Media Center is currently incompatible and can not be downloaded to new computers with 64-bit versions of Windows.  To overcome this problem, eAudiobooks may be downloaded manually and played on Windows Media Player.   You do not need to use NetLibrary's Media Center to download and play audiobooks.  

Enjoy and thank you for using Monterey County Free Libraries.