Hillsborough Library Writes New Chapter in Convenience

Pre-Loaded Playaway^® Digital Audio Books Now Available for Patrons

Bridgewater, NJ.  January 27, 2012. – Hillsborough Library, a branch of the Somerset County Library System (SCLS), has begun lending Playaway^®.  Playaway is a digital audio book unit fully loaded with select popular titles. 

Half the size of a deck of cards, Playaway is a digital audio player pre-loaded with content.  The entire unit plus the content is loaned out to patrons.  Each unit can hold up to eighty hours of HD Audio content, allowing even the longest books to be easily listened to on one unit.  With every available title recorded in HD Audio, Playaway’s audio quality is unsurpassed. 

Using clearly marked buttons, Playaway gives listeners the ability to move back and forth within or between chapters and alter the speed of a narrator’s voice.  It even has an automatic bookmark feature that remembers where listeners last left off.  Additionally, Playaway has a universal headphone jack that works with almost any type of headphone or mobility accessory.

Playaway View^™, a digital video player with a 3.5” screen is also available, with content focused on children’s titles.  The unit, featuring an LCD viewing screen, holds up to 6 hours of viewable content.

“Playaway’s simple functionality and immediate usability separate it from other audio book formats,” said Edward Hoag, director of the Hillsborough Library.  “With Playaway, our patrons can enjoy best-selling content with first-rate digital audio.”

The Somerset County Library System has a variety of subjects and genres, including many selections for children, language learning programs, bestselling adult fiction, and classics.  And because the Playaway format is friendly for listeners of all ages, every patron can enjoy the new format.  The Hillsborough Library collection includes:

 

·       One Summer – by David Baldacci

·       Now You See Her - by James Patterson

·       Trader of Secrets – by Steve Martini

For more information about Playaway at the Hillsborough Library, please contact (908)369-2200 or visit www.sclsnj.org.

Patrons with further questions can call SCLS at (908)369-2200 or enter the website at http://www.sclsnj.org.  The Somerset County Library System has branches in Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill, North Plainfield, Peapack & Gladstone, Somerville, Warren Township and Watchung.