Audio books - info?

[vulcan_girl]

Originally Posted by PG4003

ApK, thank you for your help, and please excuse my ignorance, but I have an iPhone 3, my son got a new iPhone 4 and I'm using his iPhone 3 that can't make phone calls but does everything else, so isn't it pretty much an iPod??? The WMA Overdrive books at FLP say they are compatible with an iPod, so shouldn't I be able to download them on it?

If they are Apple-compatible, you will have to download the file and convert it using iTunes and the Overdrive Media Console. Once you have the file, you can access the help menu for instructions. It's not hard, just takes a while.

If the audiobooks are already in mp3 format, you can use the Overdrive app to download them directly to your iWhatever, which if you are browsing with it, will only show those items anyway.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by ApK

I like Sansa players. My family has several Sansa E200 series players...very nice.

But in our case, I run Rockbox open firmware on them.

I used to have an e280, but now I have a Clip+ and like it better.

[abookreader]

Libraries get to customize exactly how they want their screens to look but my main library (mymediamall.net) has a category over on the menu on the left that says "Ipod Comapatible Audiobooks"

If I click on that I get every audiobook that can be directly transferred to iPods/iPhones ... either WMA or mp3.

Pretty much you download the book first to the Overdrive Console software and then transfer it from there to the iPhone.

[PG4003]

Regarding the Sansa players, do you recommend 4 or 8 GB?

[abookreader]

btw - if you are going to listen to many audiobooks I prefer the specialized app "Bookmarks" than using the itunes.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bookm...326290323?mt=8

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by PG4003

Regarding the Sansa players, do you recommend 4 or 8 GB?

I have one of each. The 8GB gives you more storage, but you can also add a microSD card for additional storage.

It all boils down to your budget.

[SeaBookGuy]

Originally Posted by PG4003

Regarding the Sansa players, do you recommend 4 or 8 GB?

I have several books stored, finding 4GB to be plenty.

[ApK]

A typical audio-book is between 100 and 300 MB. A huge one might be 600 MB. I think the Autobiography of Mark Twain is about that big.
So depends on how many books you want on tap, if you also want to have your music collection at your fingertips, etc....

[PG4003]

ApK, I'm not really a music listening person, I really just want this for listening to audiobooks while I'm in my sewing room. I sometimes spend hours in there sewing and would love to be able to listen to a book. My Kindle will do text-to-speech but it's not ideal. thanks for your help, I think I'm going to get one of these little Sansa players.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by PG4003

ApK, I'm not really a music listening person, I really just want this for listening to audiobooks while I'm in my sewing room. I sometimes spend hours in there sewing and would love to be able to listen to a book. My Kindle will do text-to-speech but it's not ideal. thanks for your help, I think I'm going to get one of these little Sansa players.

Amazon has the best prices at the moment:

Sansa Clip+

For your needs, the 4GB model for $36 is the best value.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Amazon has the best prices at the moment:

Sansa Clip+

For your needs, the 4GB model for $36 is the best value.

I agree.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by PG4003

ApK, thank you for your help, and please excuse my ignorance, but I have an iPhone 3, my son got a new iPhone 4 and I'm using his iPhone 3 that can't make phone calls but does everything else, so isn't it pretty much an iPod??? The WMA Overdrive books at FLP say they are compatible with an iPod, so shouldn't I be able to download them on it?

You should be able to download them. Follow the steps in this detailed how to and see if it works for you. There are six sections and I linked you to the first one.

Can I transfer OverDrive WMA Audiobook titles to Apple® devices?

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by PG4003

ApK, I'm not really a music listening person, I really just want this for listening to audiobooks while I'm in my sewing room. I sometimes spend hours in there sewing and would love to be able to listen to a book. My Kindle will do text-to-speech but it's not ideal. thanks for your help, I think I'm going to get one of these little Sansa players.

You certainly can get one of the Sansa devices, but the old iPhone will work just fine for this. (I had an iPhone 3 that I used with both WMA and MP3 library audiobooks.)

However, in the long run, you might find a membership to Audible.com worth the $$. And those play on your Kindle, by the way, as well as the iPhone. They are yet another annoying DRM version, but at least the Audible customer service is actually quite good and helpful if you have issues.

[ApK]

Audible is nice if you do indeed want to build a personal audio-book library of books you'll re-play often, but for listening once, it's hard to beat the 'free' of the library.


Emusic.com also sells a decent selection of MP3 audiobooks.

ApK

[SeaBookGuy]

Originally Posted by PG4003

ApK, I'm not really a music listening person, I really just want this for listening to audiobooks while I'm in my sewing room. I sometimes spend hours in there sewing and would love to be able to listen to a book. My Kindle will do text-to-speech but it's not ideal. thanks for your help, I think I'm going to get one of these little Sansa players.

Will these be library book downloads ... ones you've ripped from discs ... Audible books?