All films will be shown in the Main Library Auditorium every Thursday starting at 6:30 pm, unless otherwise noted.
All programs are FREE and open to the public.
Parking is free in the High/Market St. deck for those arriving after 6pm.

February 2
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Romantic drama based on the novel by Sara Gruen. Starring Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz. Rated PG-13. 120 min

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 Final Destination 5 - horror film with Nicholas D’Agosto & Miles Fisher

50/50 - dramedy with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston

Courageous - religious drama with Alex Kendrick & Ken Bevel

Real Steel - action-adventure with Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, & Anthony Mackie

Dolphin Tale - new family film co-starring Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, & Harry Connick, Jr.

Abduction - thriller with Taylor Lautner, Maria Bello, Alfred Molina, & Sigourney Weaver

Killing Bono - drama with Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, & Pete Postlethwaite

Ides of March - drama with Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Evan Rachel Wood, & Marisa Tomei

What’s Your Number? - comedy with Anna Faris, Chris Evans, & Blythe Danner

Moneyball - sports drama with Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, & Jonah Hill

Killer Elite - action-adventure with Jason Statham, Clive Owen, & Robert De Niro

Guard - crime dramedy with Brendan Gleeson & Don Cheadle

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark - horror thriller with Katie Holmes & Guy Pearce

Brighton Rock  (2011) – British crime drama with Sam Riley, Helen Mirren, & John Hurt

Shark Night - suspense-horror with Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan

Colombiana - action/crime story with Zoe Saldana & Michael Vartan

Midnight in Paris - dramedy directed by Woody Allen.  Starring Owen Wilson & Rachel McAdams

Apollo 18 - sci-fi horror film with Warren Christie & Lloyd Owen

Hangover Part II - hit comedy with comedy with Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, & Ed Helms

Margin Call - drama with Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, & Demi Moore

Warrior - sports drama with Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison

Straw Dogs - thriller with James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, James Woods

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - popular sci-fi story with James Franco, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, & Freida Pinto

Conan the Barbarian - action-adventure with Jason Momoa & Rose McGowan

Fright Night - horror dramedy with Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, & Toni Collette

Mr. Popper’s Penguins - Family comedy with Jim Carrey

Kung Fu Panda 2 - animated adventure with Po and the Furious Five

Help - drama with Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard

Smurfs - new animated adventure!

30 Minutes or Less - action comedy with Jesse Eisenberg & Danny McBride

Art of Getting By - teen comedy with Freddie Highmore & Emma Roberts 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - fantasy adventure with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, & Emma Watson

One Day - romance with Anne Hathaway & Jim Sturgess

Debt - espionage thriller with Helen Mirren & Tom Wilkinson

Friends with Benefits - romantic comedy with Justin Timberlake & Mila Kunis

Our Idiot Brother - comedy with Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, & Zooey Deschanel

Crazy, Stupid, Love - romantic dramedy with Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, & Emma Stone

Cowboys & Aliens - western sci-fi action-adventure with Daniel Craig & Harrison Ford

Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World - family action-adventure

Fast Five - action-adventure with Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker 

Change-Up - comedy with Ryan Reynolds & Jason Bateman

Beginners – dramedy with Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer

Priest - post-apocalyptic thriller with Paul Bettany, Karl Urban

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - blockbuster with Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush

Larry Crowne - dramedy with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts

 Winnie the Pooh  (2011) – new animated adventure with Pooh and all his friends!

Captain America: The First Avenger - superhero action-adventure with Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones

Water For Elephants - romance with Reese Witherspoon & Robert Pattinson

Cars 2 – new hit animated adventure

Horrible Bosses - comedy with Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, & Jamie Foxx

Bridesmaids – dramedy with Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne

reserve your copy today!

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New fiction titles with a Christmas theme have recently been added to our Audio Books on CD collection

1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber

An O’Brien Family Christmas: A Chesapeake Shores Novel by Sherryl Woods

Christmas at Timberwoods by Fern Michaels

A Christmas Homecoming by Fern Michaels

Trading Christmas by Debbie Macomber

An Angel for Christmas by Heather Graham

Comfort and Joy by India Knight

The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo

Busy Body: An Agatha Raisin Mystery by M. C. Beaton

Christmas Mourning by Margaret Maron

A Christmas Odyssey by Anne Perry

Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

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Overdrive is the name of our digital materials service. They are aware that there is a compatibility issue with WMA audiobooks not working on all Apple devices that have upgraded to the new operating system iOS 5.

They are working on a software update to fix this. A new version of the Overdrive Media Console will be released soon. We will post when it is available. Sorry for the inconvenience and it will be available to download here:

http://www.overdrive.com/software/omc/

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After months of patient waiting, Overdrive and Amazon announced that library eBooks through Overdrive are now usable on the Kindle. http://www.kindlepost.com/2011/09/kindle-books-now-available-at-local-libraries.html
To transfer to your Kindle (with WiFi), you will browse our Overdrive collection and checkout titles as always, but make sure to check out the Kindle version. Once your titles are checked out, instead of the download button, you will get a button that says “Get for Kindle.” Once clicked, this will take you to Amazon’s website. Make sure you are signed into your Amazon account. From there, click “Get library book,” and check the appropriate device (if you have more than one) to which the title should be delivered. Turn on your Kindle, and the title should be there in seconds.
A few things that we have discovered are:
1) If you own a first generation Kindle, which only had 3G, not wireless, you can only transfer library titles by hooking up your Kindle to the computer using a USB cable. Overdrive titles will not be delivered via 3G, only wireless.
2) While you can get the eBooks to an iPhone, iPad or other smartphones and mobile devices, the download must be initiated on the computer, not through the mobile site.

More information is available from Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200747550

Returning Kindle Titles

It is possible to return a Kindle library eBook early, and have it removed from your library record. This must be done through Amazon.

1) Go to www.amazon.com

2) Sign in to your account.

3) Click “Your Digital Items” near the top right.

4) Under “Kindle” click “Manage Your Kindle.”

5) You should have a list of all titles you have purchased, or have checked out from the library. Library titles are marked “public library” in orange.

6) Find the title you wish to return. On the right there will be a button marked “Actions.” Hover the mouse over that button.

7) Click “Return this book.”

When prompted, click “Yes.”

9) Click “Actions” again to remove the title from your Amazon library.

 
As always, please feel free to call Audio-Visual Services at 330-643-9015 with any questions.

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If you have an eReader, iPad, iPod or some other kind of device on which you read or listen to downloads from the library, you’re probably used to checking out, downloading and transferring at home. You can still do that, of course, but Audio-Visual Services now has 2 download stations. These are computers dedicated only to downloading and transferring eBooks and eAudiobooks. Feel free to come in and try them. The procedures are slightly different then they are when downloading at home, so we’ve included instructions to help. Don’t worry if you can’t remember them all! We have them posted right next to the download stations.
If you’re coming in to use the download stations, please try to bring your own cables. We have a few around, but we may not have the correct one for your device.

DOWNLOADING & TRANSFERRING eAUDIOBOOKS

1) Sign in to your eAccount.
2) Browse the catalog to select a title.
3) Make sure the selected title will work with your device.
4) Click “Add to eBookBag.”
5) Click “Proceed to Checkout”
6) Select the desired lending period—7 or 14 days.
7) Click “Confirm check out.”
If you haven’t already, plug your device into one of the USB ports on the right side of the computer.
9) Click “Download.”
10) Click “Next.”
11) Select the desired parts to download.
12) Click “Next.”
13) Wait for the download and transfer to complete. This could take a long time, depending on the title.
14) Click “Finish.”
15) Sign out of your account.
16) Don’t forget to take your device and cable with you.

DOWNLOADING & TRANSFERRING eBOOKS

1-9) Repeat steps 1-9 from above.
10) Once you start the download, a bar at the bottom of Internet Explorer will ask if you want to open, save, or cancel the download. Click on open.
11) Adobe Digital Editions should now automatically open. The prompt for the setup assistant will open at this time.
12) Click on “Continue.”
12) Next you will have to authorize this computer with your Adobe ID and password. If you do not already have an Adobe ID, see a librarian at the reference desk. They will help you get one. You will need to deauthorize this computer when you are finished.
13) You will now receive a prompt to continue downloading your title. Click “Continue.” After the download, ADE will open. If your eReader has not yet been authorized to your Adobe ID, you will receive a prompt to do so now.
14) Make sure you are in the “Library” view of ADE. To do so, click the icon that looks like books on a shelf in the upper left corner.
15) Your device will now appear in the left hand column.
16) Drag and drop your book over to your device. Once it is done, you will need to hit crtl + shift + d on the keyboard at the same time. You will receive a prompt to de-authorize Adobe Digital Editions. Click “Deauthorize.”
17) Your will receive another prompt to quit. Click “Quit” and ADE will close.
18) Books you have downloaded will not be accessible by anyone but you. If Adobe Digital Editions opens and there are other eBooks shown on the screen that you did not download, do not delete or open them, as your Adobe ID will not be associated with them.
19) Be sure to deauthorize your Adobe ID with the computer before leaving the station. Also be sure to sign out of your library account before leaving. If at any point you are having trouble, please ask for help at the reference desk.

Many thanks to Ken Bell, IT guy extraordinaire, for the instructions for eBook downloads.

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Our library will host the nationally touring Digital Bookmobile on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 from 10 am to 4 pm at MAIN LIBRARY. The 74-foot trailer will be parked on S. High Street. Readers of all ages are invited to learn about digital downloading and experience Akron-Summit County Public Library’s eBook, audiobook, and music download service at this free community event.

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I recently upgraded my Blackberry to an iPhone 4. I won’t bore you with how wonderful and fun it is, but rather will focus on getting eBooks on your iPhone. eBooks can be downloaded on a number of smartphones (including my late Blackberry), but the process can be cumbersome and difficult on some. I found it all to be very user friendly on the iPhone.
The first step is to download the Overdrive Media Console app. This can be accomplished in two ways. The first would be to go to the library’s website on your phone, in the digital media area. http://www.akronlibrary.org/emedia/ebook.html#ipad From here, you can click (tap?) the highlighted Overdrive Media Console, and install the app. The easier way would be to use your phone’s App Store feature, and search Overdrive Media Console. Install from there. You will also need to authorize your device with an Adobe ID. Follow the directions on the screen.
Once you have the app, click Get Books then Add a Library. I’ve found that the zip code search doesn’t work very well (I got hits for several branch libraries, but not the Akron Main Library.) Click  Browse for Libraries, United States, and then scroll down to Ohio. From here, the Akron-Summit County Library should be the third one listed. Click on our link, and you’ll be into the eCatalog.
In the eCatalog, you can browse not only for eBooks, but for eAudiobooks as well. The only formats you will be able to use on the iPhone will be EPUB for eBooks and MP3 for eAudiobooks. These should be the only formats listed in the eCatalog on your phone. To get a title on your phone, simply click Add to eBookBag and Proceed to Checkout. You will need to log in with our library card number and PIN. Once you confirm checkout, click the Download button. Your title will begin downloading immediately. If you are downloading eAudiobooks, you will have to change your settings to enable WiFi, and connect to an available network. eBooks can be downloaded using the 3G or 4G. Downloading eAudiobooks takes longer than eBooks, and will drain your battery faster.
This procedure will also work with the iPod Touch, and I believe the iPad as well. I haven’t tried it on the iPad yet, as I have not yet been gifted with one! (hint, hint to my family)
As always, if you are having any problems doing any of this, or with any digital downloads, don’t hesitate to call Audio-Visual Services at 330-643-9015.

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Having a  July 4th party or just want to get into the patriotic spirit? Come check our selection of patriotic music at the Audio Visual Department. Below are a few examples as well as a list from our catalog.

4Troops - The members of 4 Troops first made a name for themselves while in the military, singing pop and country songs for soldiers overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Land That I Love - In the special package of his best Patriotic songs, Charlie has hand-picked his classic renditions and added two new tracks “Iraq Blues” and an updated 2010 version of “(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks!”

Now that’s what I call the U.S.A. : the patriotic country collection - A portion of proceeds from every purchase to benefit troops and military families.

For a complete list of patriot music, click here.

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