Sunday, December 20, 2009

Overdrive Audiobooks Now Compatible with Mac and iPods!

OverDrive has released the new version of OverDrive® Media Console. To download the updated software, visit the download page.

With the new console, nearly all OverDrive WMA audiobooks are now compatible with the iPod®, iPhoneT, iPod touch®, and iPod nano®. Mac-friendly MP3 audiobooks will continue to be available as well.

WMA audiobooks are also compatible with Zune® and thousands of other Windows®-based portable devices by upgrading to OverDrive Media Console version 3.2 on Windows® PCs.

Major publishers, including Random House Audio, Hachette Audio, Penguin Audio, BBC Audiobooks America, Brilliance Audio, Tantor Media, and many more now allow Mac compatibility for all of the WMA audiobooks OverDrive offers.

The new version of OverDrive Media Console also includes these features:
• Send MP3 audiobooks to the iTunes® Library with Transfer Wizard.
• Burn audiobook parts to CD in just a few clicks using Burn Wizard(on all supported Windows operating systems).
• Perform a test burn.
• Use a new playback option wherein OverDrive Media Console automatically resumes playback from the most recently played point.
• Use the OverDrive Media Console to be automatically alerted to software releases and news about the software.

• With iTunes v8.1.0.52 (or newer) in place, use Transfer Wizard to send titles to the iPod shuffle®.

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