[Web4lib] RE: free e-audiobooks

[Sharon Foster]

OverDrive has started to offer a handful of audiobooks in MP3 format
that are compatible with Apple products like the iPod, and they have
also introduced a version of OverDrive Media Console that runs on Mac
OSX. I don't know the contractual details.

Sharon M. Foster, 91.7% Librarian
Speaker-to-Computers
http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/






On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Jesse Ephraim
<JEphraim at ci.southlake.tx.us> wrote:
>>Our Boston Public Library http://bpl.org
>>uses the OverDrive that isn't compatible with
>>OS X 10.3.9  So much for our public library
>>advocating for universal library services
>>across the many years of operating systems.
>
> The problem isn't with your library.  The problem is with Apple's
> proprietary formats and with publishers who don't want audiobooks made
> in that format.  At this point in time there are no services available
> to libraries that provide a decent selection of audiobooks in a format
> that Apple products can read.  NetLibrary is about to launch a set of
> 800 or so in the next few months, though, so that's a good step forward.
>
> Jesse Ephraim
>
> Youth Services Librarian
> Southlake Public Library
> 1400 Main St., Ste. 130
> Southlake, TX  76092
>
> Email:   jephraim at ci.southlake.tx.us
> Phone: (817) 748-8248
> FAX:    (817) 748-8250
> www.southlakelibrary.org
> uncommonly friendly service
>
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