Downloadable audiobooks are through a subscription service eg. Netlibrary, where the library purchases audio files and library members can download the files onto their PC / mp3 player. After the loan period expires the audio file is deleted.
I see real advantages in this product for libraries and library users. The library member would have access to the eaudiobooks 24/7, they eliminate the need for the library to deal with the physical item ie. processing, repair, replacement costs.
Automatic checkout and return function.
The authors listed on the World eBook Library site were not very inspiring, some quite obscure authors and very few Australian authors, few contemporary authors. There were also no ratings available for the titles (at least on the ones I looked at).
There is an obvious application for libraries for this product, it would be useful to introduce them to the library service and see how they go.
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