Netlibrary muse

The whole concept of eaudiobooks is an idea whose time has come, except I, personally, do not care for audiobooks in any format. However, many folks love them, especially when traveling. NCLive supports Netlibrary for FRL users, however if one owns an Ipod or Zune they are out of luck since Netlibrary titles are in .wma format and are under Digital Rights Management (DRM) thus disenfrancising the Apple and Zune users. Those of us who own Creative products are assured of having access as Netlibrary has tested those product.

One can browse by title or more effectively by subject. When a title is selected it can be downloaded to a listening devise using among others Windows Mediaplayer. Titles cannot be burned to CD. A user is limited to ten checkouts at a time for a period of 21 days with the option to renew at the end of the 21 days for another 3 weeks. That is longer than it is for hard copy items in our library system. If one sets up an account it is very wise to write down the information because (despite instuctions to the contrary) it is nie onto impossible to retrieve the forgotten information. I now ostensively have 3 accounts under the same name now, but have only written down the info. for the most current incarnation. This is clunky and poor service, not counting that it keeps allowing me to sign up with practically the information.

I have to admit that I was not particularly excited about the title selections I viewed, but know that NetLibrary is a grand resource for those who enjoy listening to audiobooks.