Drawing for an audiobook article in the NY Times
Originally uploaded by caffeinated_zeitgeist
I established a NetLibrary account and started to play.
I searched for Gladwell. Nothing.
I searched for Godin. Nothing.
I searched for World without Us. Nothing. Too new? Maybe I need to search fiction.
I searched for On Beauty. Nothing.
I tried to stay positive and decided to use the browse option.
I ran across Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt; I liked his book, John Henry Days, when we read it for bookclub, so why not.
Downloading was fairly painless, but since iPods are not supported (Grrr!!!), no moving it over to a portable device.
I liked the fact that you could select radio quality to download faster; that's one positive thing.
I might have to read more of the FAQ to see if you can use bookmarks. When I listened for a while, closed and reopened, it started at the beginning. That wasn't cool.
I hate to be so negative, but I'm glad that we looked at this service at the end of 23 Things. When you compare it to the things we looked at in previous weeks, it's easy to see just how far libraries and their vendors have to go before they match the selection and accessibility of other products.
It's true that this was our first foray into copywritten content and DRM, but I still think that companies like NetLibrary can do a better job.
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Recorded Books is trying to break away from NetLibrary and go on their own. They said there would be significant changes. I asked if that might mean dropping DRM. They didn't say no ( they didn't say yes either). So cross your fingers.
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