eBooks, Audiobooks, and More

AADL Downloads

AADL has a growing selection of digital books, music, and more that cardholders can download to a range of devices. We are constantly working with publishers and content creators to expand our offerings. Accessing these items is as simple as logging in to your AADL account and clicking on the catalog record for the item you would like to use!

• Books for Adults

  • Fifth Avenue Press
  • Poisoned Pen
  • Wayne State University Press

• Books for Kids & Teens

  • Fifth Avenue Press
  • Sleeping Bear Press

• Audiobooks

  • Los Angeles Theatre Works

• Music

  • Ghostly
  • Magnatune
  • AAMPS (local performers)

• Patterns

  • MochiMochiLand

• Streaming Video

OverDrive/Libby

AADL also participates in an eBook, eAudiobook, and digital magazine lending service called OverDrive through the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services consortium. This is where you will find new and popular ebooks and audiobooks produced by mainstream publishers. This service allows AADL cardholders to borrow up to ten items at a time for a lending period of up to 21 days and view them on a compatible device or in-browser. These items can be borrowed and read in-browser or by using the Libby App.

Get Started with OverDrive

• Go to the digital library and sign in using the library name (Ann Arbor District Library) and your library card number.

Mobile Devices & Readers

• For reading and listening on most smartphones and tablets, download the Libby app to your device.
• There are extra steps for downloading eBooks to your Kindle, which is not compatible with Libby.

Washtenaw Library for the Blind and Print Disabled

Washtenaw Library for the Blind and Print Disabled at AADL patrons can download books from BARD (the Braille and Audio Reading Download).

• Only patrons registered for service through WLBPD or through any library in the National Library Service network with an active status are eligible to download from BARD.
• WLBPD patrons must first apply for a login and password and have a computer with a high-speed internet connection.
• Audiobooks and magazines are downloaded as zipped files and unzipped to a digital cartridge, USB or compatible device.
• In addition to the Digital Talking Book Machine (DTBM) provided by the National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Print Handicapped, patrons may also use NLS-compatible commercial machines.
• Print disabled patrons may Sign up for Bookshare to participate in the Library eBook Accessibility Program (LEAP) using OverDrive.