NLS Books. Question: Are NLS books available for download? Answer: Yes. The NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) website provides digital talking books and magazines for download to eligible NLS patrons. For more information visit the BARD site at: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/ Question: How do I register for the NLS BARD service and enable my Milestone to play NLS books? Answer: There are 3 steps to register to the NLS BARD service and authorize your Milestone to play NLS books and magazines. Step 1 - Apply Online at the NLS BARD web site. Access to the BARD website is restricted to eligible readers. You require a login id and password to use the BARD service. To apply for your username and password visit: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/ Select the link for the BARD application instructions, which explain the criteria for participation. If you qualify, select the link to the BARD application form. Fill out this enrollment application completely and after activating the submit button the following page will offer a link to choose your player. Activate this link and select Milestone from the resulting list of players. If you are approved to participate, NLS will send you an e-mail message with your BARD site username and password. If there is a problem, you will receive a message explaining the problem. Note: If you forget to select Milestone when applying you can still go back later after NLS approves your application. Simply log in to the BARD site with your new username and password and then select Account Settings to register your Milestone. Please note that your enrollment information will be shared with the National Library Service, Library of Congress and Bones. Step 2- Bones will contact you. NLS will notify Bones that your Milestone has been registered. After that, we will send an email to you to ask for the serial number of your Milestone. The serial number is needed to generate a unique key only for your device. Please send an email with the serial number, your name and so on. You can find the serial number of your Milestone by pressing the „Mode“ button for 1.5 seconds, then twice the „Right arrow“ button until you reach „Basic settings“. Now you go down the list with the Mode button until you hear „Serial number“. Then the 6-digit serial number is announced. The serial number is also printed on the label on the back of Milestones housing. Step 3 - Sending the NLS Authorization Key to You. After you have sent your serial number, Bones will respond with a second email. Attached to this email will be an NLS authorization key file to install on your Milestone. The email will contain the installation instructions. After you install the key file, you will be able to play NLS downloaded digital talking books and magazines.