Libraries Warm Up To iPod

The ubiquity of the iPod* has been further reinforced by Overdrive's decision to being supplying libraries with DRM-free mp3 files.

Library Journal.com: OverDrive Breaks the iPod Barrier for Downloadable Audio

For years, librarians and patrons have complained that the most popular digital audio player, the iPod, was incompatible with the Windows Media Audio (WMA) files, the format for library downloadable audio. OverDrive nowsays it will offer at least 3000 titles—about 15 percent of its catalog—in MP3 format without digital rights management (DRM), which means compatibility with nearly every MP3 player and mobile phone, including iPods. OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks will go on sale in May at Borders.com and should be available to libraries by the end of June, to be followed with the release of OverDrive Media Console for the Mac.

*does anybody remember when Apple was a computer company?

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