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Originally Posted by Robert22
It's just a supposition on my part but I think the reason that libraries were distributing WMA files instead of MP3 files is because they had DRM capabilities. However the most popular/prevalent players in the world, iPods along with some other players, don't support WMA files, so maybe that is why some libraries are changing over to MP3's, which all players support.
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Yes, I suspect that libraries realize that MP3 files are in demand. Just like libraries are finally growing their EPUB content instead of supporting just PDFs.
Actually you can now transfer WMA files to your iPod, iPhone or iPad via Overdrive Media Console for the PC. It doesn't work for the Mac version. I have to switch over to running Windows in Bootcamp on my Mac. Overdrive Media Console for the PC has a transfer button which communicates with your iPod in the background. The library audiobooks show up as "Protected AAC" files on my iPod in iTunes. Somehow the Overdrive software is doing the conversion process and then communicating with iTunes for you. Unfortunately the current version of Overdrive software doesn't support a similar process for transferring WMA files to the Sony ereader.