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Now Hear This! Audiobooks and other physical media materials are some of the most popular items in your library's collection. They are also some of the most costly to buy and
replace. With OverDrive® Audiobooks™, the next generation platform for digital audio, libraries can loan popular spoken word materials over the Internet.
All OverDrive Audiobooks are delivered in the Windows® Media Audio format, providing high sound quality in digital stereo. The free audiobook media software, OverDrive Media
Console ™, offers ease-of-use downloading and listening features.
Audiobook Features
- Select individual titles from a large inventory of thousands of popular audiobooks in all genres.
- Integrate with your existing ILS. OCLC-MARC records are available.
- Patrons can browse and borrow digital audiobooks from your website.
- Patrons can download to their PCs, laptops, and then transfer to a portable device, or burn to CD, depending on the digital rights associated with each title.
- Digital audiobooks are automatically returned at the end of the loan period.
- Customizable download options for audiobook titles, such as one part at a time, or multiple parts at once, are available for both dial-up and broadband users.
- OverDrive MediaMarkers™ enable point-and-click navigation through each part of an audiobook.
- OverDrive audiobooks are available as an add-on module for libraries that have purchased a Digital Library Reserve system from OverDrive, Inc.
OverDrive Media Console
Specially designed for download and playback of digital audiobooks, the OverDrive Media Console is optimized for an easy user experience.
OverDrive Media Console provides a straight-forward control panel to manage downloading and listening to popular materials. This free software lets you download and listen to
audiobooks in high-quality Windows® Media Audio format. OverDrive Media Explorer provides a user-friendly layout of valuable information and links to enjoy and navigate audiobook
titles. OverDrive Media Console 2.1 offers a Transfer Wizard that allows patrons to transfer their favorite audiobooks to their MP3 device in just three easy steps.
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