Best audio player for books? What is easiest to use?
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Perhaps this should be a new thread, but you specified "library". I want to be able to download boks from NetLibrary (available thru various public library websites. The file format does not run on iPod (I am told), only on certain players that handle WMA Secured files (the "license" expires, and they cannot be burned to CD, but can be downloaded to MP3 players. This is my only reason for getting an MP3. Several Creative products (including the Mosaic) have been tested and are supposed to work, along with the SanDisk Fuze model. I would appreciate any feedback specifically on this usage. Also, I cannot find anything in the on-line manuals about the "bookmarking" feature. I believe the intent is that I can read Book #1, get to a stopping point, mark it, then go on to another book (or opera, or whatever), and bookmark that as well, part way through). I have had bad experience trying to get phone feedback from Creative in the past, and store salesmen don't know anything. Does anyone have actual experience with this? Thanks.
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You can download many free audiobooks in m4b format from www.gutenberg.com. iTunes imports them without any trouble and they can be downloaded to iPods from a playlist. The bookmark feature seems to work, my (20GB) iPod started up where I had left off.
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I use my mp3 exclusively for audiobooks. I'm a real junkie and listen nonstop all day when I'm not at work. The first one I bought was a Zen V. It had issues, but improved when Creative came out with new firmware. After using it for a year, the battery would no longer hold a charge. There was no way to replace the battery. So I decided to look for a player with a user-replaceable battery and bought a Zen Micro. It worked fine for a few weeks, then it broke and Creative said they could not repair it. I decided the battery was more of an issue than the bookmarking, so I bought a Sansa e250 v2. I've had it for about a month and it's great. Better than either of the Creative players. But it doesn't have bookmarking. Rockbox wizards are working on a new version that will work with the Sansa e250v2, so I'm hoping that will give it bookmarking capability. The resume playing works really well with the Sansa (unlike with the 2 creative players). Since I only listen to one book at a time and don't listen to music, the only time bookmarking is really an issue is when I transfer or delete books when the player is connected to my PC. (I have a Gomadic wall charger to recharge the battery at night.) I'm really not sure about the full time stamping. My library changed from netLibrary to Overdrive. Overdrive breaks audiobooks into multiple files instead of having one really large file like NetLibrary, so that hasn't been an issue. In 2006 a survey showed that 25% of the adult US population listens to audiobooks. It's really stupid that mp3 manufacturers continue to ignore our needs when the technology and software already exists to provide every player with full time stamping and bookmarking. If just one of them would come out with a reliable player with a user-replaceable battery and those features, they would probably rival iPOD overnight. If Sansa would respond with a firmware update to provide those features, the e200 series could be that player. Instead, they foolishly continue to ignore the pleas of audiobook listeners.
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YES IT CAN PLAY AUDIO BOOKS. it comes with some snipets of James Pattersons books already installed.
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This player is amazing you can download audible books. It has a radio you can put video on it pictures on it.
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Thank you for the tip. I just upgraded my firmware and I am very please with the added bookmark feature. The Sansa Clip was a good little player before the upgrade...now it is darn near perfect!
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I've never downloaded audiobooks before, but I think it should work. It is a regular ipod, if you can download it you can play it.
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Neal, I am considering a purchase of the iRiver clix for audio books rather than music. Have you downloaded any books yet, and, if so, what was the outcome? Thanx!
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Unfortunately no, you cannot download audio books directly to this player..what you can do is download your audio to a computer hard drive, connect the walkman via usb, then transfer files. this device does not have internet capabilities.
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Best audiobook mp3 player I've used...auto bookmarks and resumes well..micro sd sincs well
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I have not used it with audio books but I have for other audio, like music and video..... and it does enhance the sound a great deal.
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You could use your computer to save the audible book as an MP3 file and then load it on the T10. I use MP3 DIRECT to record audio
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I use my mp3 for audio books . I have yet to fill it up. I have put 5 or 6 books on it. Each of the books average 8 to 14 hours. Good Luck. Sue
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Beast, love how you say that. Audio books work very well for me. Good features; pick up where you left off, option to speed up or slow down the speed up the audio. Just awesome. As you know you have to find some way of downloading the audio book (i used youtube). I dnt knw about audible and this player mixing
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Hi Larry - I am also looking for mp3 player for audiobooks from NetLibrary - Do you know if Sansa has bookmarking feature? How did you narrow your choices to Sansa? Thanks for your help. Willow
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Overdrive has books in MP3 and Secure WMA format. This player will play either one. I have used both many, many times.
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I prefer using forScore. It's much cheaper than musicreader's desktop app that's needed for transferring music, and does the job well. The recent upgrade of the app has fixed any reservations I previously would've had about recommending it.