Calibre Audio Library

March 1st, 2009

Do you love books but struggle to read, perhaps because of sight problems or dyslexia, or because it’s getting difficult to hold a book or turn the pages?

If so you might like to try books from Calibre Audio Library. Calibre provides a free postal lending service of audio books. It’s a nationwide service, with 19,000 members. All our books are recorded unabridged, and you can listen to your favourites, at home or on the move. As one member commented:

‘With a book I’m completely free. I can go anywhere and be anything I want!’

As it is a postal service, you can exchange your books as often as you like. And with over 8,000 titles in the library you’ll never run out of new books to read. The choice includes the latest bestsellers, classic fiction, detective stories, romances, and popular non-fiction like biography and travel. There’s also a Young Calibre collection for under-16s. Best of all, there’s nothing to pay- no subscription, no fines, no postage costs and no charge for lost or damaged books.

The library is really easy to use. If you like to choose for yourself the books you’ll read, Calibre’s staff can help you to do this. But if you prefer, you can tell us what sort of books you like and we will choose for you, based on your preferences.

Our books are available on MP3 format CDs and on cassette tapes. The disks give better sound quality than cassettes, and most books fit onto just one disk. However, we are committed to maintaining the cassette service for as long as possible. Members with sight problems can choose cassette, disk or both, to suit themselves. For those with other conditions we can only offer the disk service – this is because of postage costs.

If you would like to know more, or if you are interested in joining the library, just phone 01296 432 339, email enquiries or visit the website www.calibre.org.uk. We’re looking forward to hearing from you, and sharing our books with you.

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