How to use the audiobook player in OverDrive for Windows 8/10

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You can use the OverDrive app to listen to borrowed audiobooks on your Windows 8 or 10 device.

Note: If you'd rather listen to audiobooks in your web browser, you can use OverDrive Listen instead.

Once you've borrowed and downloaded an audiobook in the app, go to the app home screen, then click or tap the audiobook to start listening.

How to use the audiobook player:

Diagram of the audiobook player with each feature (except play/pause button) numbered (from left to right, top to bottom). The list below describes each feature.

Audiobook player options (based on the numbered image above):

  1. Back to home screen
  2. Launch burn wizard in desktop app
  3. Launch transfer wizard in desktop app
  4. Bookmarks
  5. Parts and media markers
  6. Jump to previous media marker
  7. Back 15 seconds
  8. Forward 15 seconds
  9. Jump to next media marker
  10. Sleep timer
  11. Play speed
  12. Add a bookmark

Scroll right to see all of the media markers (like chapters or chapter sections) and parts of the audiobook.

Parts and media markers in an audiobook
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Last Updated: 03 October 2019 12:50 PM