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janjanjan · 10-26-2015, 10:30 AM

I checked out the help files on the Overdrive website. They describe the desktop version of Overdrive as "legacy" and indicate that it works only on Windows machines, including Windows 10, but excluding Windows RT. Thus the fact that the Surface can't transfer audiobooks.

I think that the desktop version is described as "legacy" because it supports only audiobooks. Since the largest number of Overdrive users are reading EBooks, that version isn't very useful anymore, except to those of us who love audiobooks on small devices, so won't be enhanced.

I guess we should just be glad that Overdrive is enhancing the app adequately to keep up with new Windows versions.

10-26-2015, 10:30 AM	#7
janjanjan Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 17558 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Nook Classic, Nook ST Glow	I checked out the help files on the Overdrive website. They describe the desktop version of Overdrive as "legacy" and indicate that it works only on Windows machines, including Windows 10, but excluding Windows RT. Thus the fact that the Surface can't transfer audiobooks. I think that the desktop version is described as "legacy" because it supports only audiobooks. Since the largest number of Overdrive users are reading EBooks, that version isn't very useful anymore, except to those of us who love audiobooks on small devices, so won't be enhanced. I guess we should just be glad that Overdrive is enhancing the app adequately to keep up with new Windows versions.