OverDrive Audiobook App Available for Android 3 comments
Overdrive has released its audiobook app for Android. Owners of Android based devices can use this new app to borrow or purchase audiobooks from their local libraries and other sources. Audiobooks borrowed from public libraries will automatically expire and are removed from the device when the loan period is over.
OverDrive Audiobook App Now Available in Android™ Market
Android app enables wireless audiobook downloads from libraries and booksellers
(Cleveland, OH) – February 11, 2010 – OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of audiobooks and eBooks to libraries and retailers, announced that its audiobook app for AndroidTM is now out of beta and available as a full release. OverDrive’s audiobook app for Android enables users to wirelessly download MP3 audiobooks from more than 10,000 libraries and major online retailers, including Barnesandnoble.com, BooksOnBoard.com, and Borders.com. Major devices, including DROIDTM by Motorola®, DROID ErisTM, and Nexus OneTM, can now be used to access OverDrive-supplied MP3 audiobooks on the go. To install OverDrive® Media ConsoleTM for Android v1.0, visit the Android Market on your device or download directly from http://overdrive.com/software/omc.
Android users can visit http://search.overdrive.com on their devices to find libraries that offer MP3 audiobook downloads. With the zip code search, users can find a local library’s mobile-optimized download website. Using the ‘Advanced Search’ feature, they can browse for audiobooks in the MP3 format. Users will then be able to check out an available title with their library card and download directly to their Android device with OverDrive’s audiobook app.
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I’m sure Amazon will have a Kindle Reader app for Android sooner or later, maybe after they finish with the Mac app. As for Overdrive, I’ve emailed them about this but have not received an answer yet.
Update: Overdrive sent this email:Unfortunately, the Adobe eBooks provided by OverDrive are currently not
compatible with the Apple iPhone as the iPhone does not support EPUB or
PDF files protected using ACS (Adobe Content Server) DRM. So at this
time neither downloading Adobe eBooks directly to the iPhone or loading
them from Adobe Digital Editions on the desktop are supported. We are
sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but hope that we can provide
eBooks on the iPhone platform in the future. … this explanation also
applies to the Android-based phones. -
Whilst I really like a physical keyboard, after managing the Samsung Captivate for about quarter-hour, it’s onerous to head back. Right now I am debating whether or not to go to Verizon for the Droid X, go to Dash for the EVO, or stay with AT&T for the Captivate…decisions, decisions.
Is there anything on the horizon for Android users as far as library ebooks go? The audio is great and I use Overdrive Media Console on my G1, but I want to be able to borrow PDF or Mobi library ebooks. I still can’t fathom why Amazon hasn’t come out with a Kindle Reader for Android yet, either. Why so slow on the draw, Amazon?