As someone who listens constantly to audiobooks whilst walking, cooking, driving etc I was quite excited by the prospect of a new trove of titles to plunder. I was even thinking of seriously asking the red suited man in the sky for an ipod. From a personal point of view I was slightly disappointed with the range of titles offered on World eBooks and Gutenberg although they do offer some great classic titles. And I liked the fact that on the Audiobooks for Free site you could listen to a sample prior to downloading. Nevertheless I now feel inspired to discover what might be available via subscription sites.
Some public libraries offer downloadable audio titles for limited loan periods. Pretty canny - they automatically delete off the listening device when the loan period expires.
I would like to explore offering this service at our library. SirsiDynix have a product that does this. However at the moment it is limited I think because the titles cannot be downloaded to an ipod. When they resolve these licensing issues, we would certainly consider purchasing it.
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