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Originally Posted by gamegirl
I just got a Sony 505 about two weeks ago and I'm loving it.
I'm also lucky enough to live in an area that offers an ebook library, so I can
get ebooks for free. One thing that I noticed when searching the library for books is that many of them are only offered in audio wma format.
For example; John Grisham - 17 audio books wma, 0 other format
Sandra Brown - 15 audio books wma, 1 pdf book
Greg Iles - 12 audio books wma, 0 other format
I sent them an email asking why, hopefully they will respond.
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My local library used to be the same. I would download and listen to the audiobooks on my MP3 but I also had to download the "Overdrive Media Player" to get access to WMA DRM content.
Recently though, there has been an explosion of releases of eBooks at my local library. They only have a limited number of each title for each format (although there seems to be a limitless supply of audio only). They are mostly in PDF format and use Adobe Digital Editions for DRM control. They allow me 21 days to read a book before it gets locked or I can return it back to the library early directly from ADE.
See if there is a way that your local library software can filter out what kind of format you are looking for. Mine is able to separate audio books from ebooks.
Hope that's of help.
