Libraries Offer Latest Audio Book Devices ; Playaways Carry a Complete Book and Are Available at Woodbourne, Centerville.

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CENTERVILLE -- The latest bookish look at the Washington- Centerville Public Library, among savvy teens, techies and moms seeking a diversion during housework, consists of a small credit card-sized device with earphones attached, hanging around one's neck from a lanyard.

Readers of every age are taking to the latest in digital audio- book formats -- the Playaway, a batteryoperated device that comes preloaded with a complete book, read by a professional actor, said Barbara Niekamp, audiovisual liaison for the Woodbourne and Centerville libraries.

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Libraries Offer Latest Audio Book Devices ; Playaways Carry a Complete Book and Are Available at Woodbourne, Centerville.

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