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# Local library offers online book downloads
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/local-library-offers-online-book-downloads/
- Published: 2005-08-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:37:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Santa Monica library is now offering free book downloads on its Web site, a service available to anyone with a library card.

The Web site offers a large variety of fiction and nonfiction books — from the latest best-sellers, book club favorites and award-winning authors — in unabridged, audiobook format.

Users can download audio books onto any computer or portable music players, such as the popular iPod.

Included in the library’s collection are language tutorials, including Spanish, French and 37 other tongues.

Downloads are erased from a user’s account after three weeks. The library’s digital collection can be found at www.smpl.org. Charitable foundation gives big

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 29, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/082905.pdf?ref=smdp.com)