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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Audible and OverDrive both require programs to be downloaded to your computer. WMA is Windows Media Audio. Over 60% of the audiobooks in OverDrive are in WMA format. Even though OverDrive announced that they are dropping this format, it hasn't happened yet and they haven't released a timetable for doing so.
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Okay, thanks. WMA files can be converted using Linux, but not sure if they can be played directly. I guess I've never downloaded a WMA file -- at least not since I started using Linux (6 years ago). Apparently Overdrive has now released information about using it under Wine, according to this April 30th story at GoodReader, though it doesn't support WMA files as you mentioned.
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-n...lable-on-linux
I didn't know there was such a thing as an Overdrive Media Console, I just used the Overdrive library (available via my library) for downloading books.
For me it's not a choice. I'm not going to use Windows or OSX, so I'll find ways around it, or do without the programs. For example, I use Calibre instead of the Sony Desktop and, as mentioned before, I use ADE under Wine. I've never used Audible. I guess a Chromebook is more limited, however (I would rather use my Linux Mint laptop anyhow).