[nabs-l] Using overdrive with apex

[Joshua Hendrickson]

Hi Amanda.  For public domain ebooks, you could check out
www.archive.org, and www.gutenberg.org.  Books that are regular mp3
files, should play on most any audio device.

On 12/16/14, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
> Amanda and all, Joshua is right about the apex. However, I'm able
> to listen to Overdrive MP3 audiobooks on my iPhone with no
> problem. The Overdrive website isn't the best accessibility wise
> (at least not for my phone) but hey, free books are free books,
> and I'm a total reading addict.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: cape.amanda at gmail.com, National Association of Blind Students
> mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 07:33:34 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Using overdrive with apex
>
> Hi Amanda.  I believe the answer to your question is no for audio
> books, and maybe yes for certain public domain ebooks.  My
> library is
> subscribed to overdrive, and I can get a limited number of audio
> books.  However, the audio books are in that stupid and very
> annoying
> protected WMA format which I really hate.  This is because first,
> it
> is very difficult to find any player that will play protected WMA
> files, so your audio book goes away after two weeks.  The
> braille-note
> can't play the protected WMA files, however, if you get a book
> that is
> in mp3 format it will play just fine.  As for the ebooks, one
> time I
> downloaded Great Expectations in .epub format, and I was able to
> read
> it on my computer with no problems.  I believe the ebook may have
> come
> from the gutenberg project, so the book is in the public domain,
> so
> that is why it wasn't protected. Good luck.
>
> On 12/16/14, Amanda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>  Does anyone know if it is possible to download books with
> overdrive with the
>  apex?
>
>  Amanda
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