[Web4lib] RE: free e-audiobooks

[Jesse Ephraim]

>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
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