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Originally Posted by odamizu
When you previously downloaded to your PC and transferred to an mp3 player, you were using OverDrive for PC, which was a sanctioned method of listening to library audiobooks. OverDrive would then have a record of you downloading the .odm file and using it to download the mp3 files using Overdrive for PC, where you can then legitimately transfer to an mp3 player, all with their blessing.
But now, the only way to listen to an audiobook is via the Libby app or browser, both of which they are tracking under "Reading Journey", where they show you how much of the book you've listened to and how many minutes you've listened.
If you borrow an audiobook and never listen to it (i.e., zero minutes or maybe 1-2 minutes in your "Reading Journey"), won't that look suspicious? They'll know that either you're finding an unsanctioned way to download and listen to the audiobook, or you're just borrowing audiobooks willy-nilly and never listening to them.
As I mentioned, there is a GitHub project where one person who was downloading audiobooks in an unsanctioned manner had their library card blocked and now they can't access Libby.
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Using a program to download the audiobooks seems quite a bit different than an individual user downloading an occasional book. How many books would someone need to borrow, download, and return to be noted for suspicious activity, I wonder.