Thread: Overdrive moves to MP3 for audiobooks - drops DRM
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Old 01-24-2014, 07:49 PM   #20
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Julie
I am (cautiously) excited about this! When I check our patron catalog and do an advanced search for WMA titles, I am shown that I have 6,108 titles. When I do a search for MP3 format, I have 4,071. Does this mean that I will lose access to 2,037 audiobooks???? I am curious what “an alternate solution will be offered to make up for the lost titles” this will be…. THANK YOU FOR THE MP3 CHANGE!!!!! THIS WILL MAKE LIBRARIES LOOK AWESOME!
January 24th, 2014
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Heather Tunstall
Hi Julie,
OverDrive will work with publishers to gain permissions to convert any of the WMA audiobooks that you currently have to MP3. If for some reason a title can’t be switched over, that’s when your Account Specialist will work out a solution with you.

Thanks!
January 24th, 2014
While this appears to be good news for the libraries in that they probably won't take a loss, it's not so good for their patrons who stand to lose access to books that will remain WMA only.
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