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Audiobooks,
eBooks, and more!
The Andover Public
Library offers OverDrive ebook and audiobook library services
through a digital consortium with several other Kansas libraries. Andover patrons
can access OverDrive at
www.sunflowerelibrary.org to
check out audiobooks, ebooks, video, and music using their Andover
Library cards. Browse and search
hundreds of great titles and download them to your computer,
transfer them to a portable device, or burn onto a CD for your
reading and listening pleasure anywhere, anytime. Digital library
items are returned automatically on the due date so there are never
any late fees.
Important notes:
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Your username is your Andover library card
number.
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Your password is your last name in lowercase.
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You will not be able to log in to Sunflower if
you have late books or library fines.
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You must live within the city of Andover or the Andover school district boundaries to use Sunflower.
For more assistance,
check out the help links in the "Getting Started" box on the right
side of Sunflower's home page.
What you need to know about ebooks at the library:
1. Not
all books are available as ebooks. – Maybe the author didn’t
sell ebook rights. Maybe the publisher thinks no one will pay money
for that title in ebook form. Maybe there are legal snafus that have
not been made public. Who knows? What it all means is some books are
not available digitally for anyone.
2. Not
all ebooks are available to libraries. – Even if you see the
ebook on Amazon, we may not be able to buy it for the library. Some
publishers do not sell ebooks to libraries. If they did, we would
buy them when funds are available.
3. Libraries
pay more for ebooks. – It costs more to make a book available
for multiple readers. While an individual person may pay $2.00 for a
book, a library may pay $20.00 for the same title.
4. Ebooks
don’t always come out on the release date. – Some publishers
only sell the hardcover at first. They release the ebook when the
paperback comes out.
5. “Ebook”
does not mean “Always available to everyone all the time.” – As
far as libraries are concerned, an ebook is just like a physical
copy of a book. We pay for one copy of the book. Only one person can
check it out at a time.
The library wants to get that ebook for you.
– If there is a book you want to read in ebook form, please ask us
to buy it. If we are not able to do so, we will let you know.
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