On Tuesday, June 16, OverDrive released the new version of OverDrive® Media Console. To download the updated software, click here. All new users will automatically download the latest version, and existing users will need to re-download the software. There are plans to have a prompt in the near future to let you know that their is a new version.
Nearly all OverDrive WMA Audiobooks on http://salon.sals.edu are now compatible with the iPod®, iPhoneT, iPod touch®, and iPod nano®, as well as Zune® and thousands of other portable devices, with a simple upgrade of OverDrive Media Console to version 3.2 on Windows® PCs.
Premier publishers, including Random House Audio, Hachette Audio, Penguin Audio, BBC Audiobooks America, Brilliance Audio, Tantor Media, and many more, allow this for all of the WMA Audiobooks OverDrive offers. Best sellers such as Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight,” Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers,” John Grisham’s “The Appeal,” and Chuck Palahniuk’s “Pygmy” will become iPod-compatible downloads, along with highly-anticipated releases like Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” and Tami Hoag’s “The Trouble with J.J.”
7 responses so far ↓
1 Darleen Dougher // Jul 16, 2009 at 2:59 pm
just a question I am interest in the Kindle…can I down load written text or is it just audio
versions?
2 jennifer // Jul 20, 2009 at 9:32 am
Right now we have only purchased e-audibooks for listening. In the future we will be purchasing e-books for reading written text. Kindles are not compatible at this time.
Here is a link to compatible devices:
http://overdrive.com/resources/drc/compatibledevices.aspx
3 Gail // Jul 21, 2009 at 6:30 am
How often does the library add more audio books to the site? I’m finding that I’ve heard/read most of what I’m interested in, and the ‘newly added’ category hasn’t chnged in quite a while….
Thank you.
4 jennifer // Jul 21, 2009 at 8:16 am
Every month I post the new titles available which you can access through this link: http://salsblog.sals.edu/index.php/new-downloadable-audiobook-titles/
If you have any suggestions on titles that you would like added to the collection, please contact your local library, or leave a comment on the blog. We will consider your suggestions for future purchases.
5 Gail // Jul 25, 2009 at 3:50 am
Thank you! Ive added this to my ‘favorites’.
:)
6 mark harris // Dec 21, 2009 at 7:45 am
A question,Can you burn an audiobook to CD using OverDrive?
7 jennifer // Dec 21, 2009 at 3:14 pm
From the Overdrive Help FAQ:
There are two places you can check to see if a title may be burned to CD. You can check at this website or, if you have already downloaded the title, you can use OverDrive Media Console.
At this website, check whether a title may be burned to CD as follows…
Search for the desired title, and click the title to bring up the page displaying details about the title. At this page, look for the heading ‘Digital Rights Information’. The information listed here will clearly indicate whether or not the publisher has enabled the burn to CD functionality.
In OverDrive Media Console, check whether a title that you have already downloaded may be burned to CD as follows…
1. In OverDrive Media Console, highlight the desired title and click the ‘Properties’ button.
The ‘Properties’ dialog box is displayed.
2. Click the ‘License’ tab. (Note that if a ‘License’ tab is not displayed, the title is not digitally protected and can be burned to CD.)
‘License details’ for the selected title are displayed, indicating whether or not the title may be burned to CD.
3. Click the ‘Cancel’ button to close the ‘Properties’ dialog box.
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