Zune gets Overdrive audio books support

September 23rd, 2008 by Alfred @ Zune MAX

OverDrive.com has become one of the easiest to use audio book sources for users of portable media players with supoprt no offered to media players as well as Creative and iPod.

This means Zune users can now purchase books at locations such as Borders.com and they can transfer there DRM-protected WMA audiobooks as well as DRM free mp3 audio books to there portable music devices.

Microsoft’s Zune(R) Now Compatible With OverDrive Audiobooks From Libraries - MarketWatch

OverDrive ( www.overdrive.com), a global digital distributor of download audiobooks, eBooks, and more to libraries, schools, and retailers, announced today digital audiobook support for Microsoft’s Zune(R) digital media player with the OverDrive Media Console v3.1 release. This makes OverDrive’s library download platform the only service compatible with Zune’s 3.0 firmware and virtually all MP3 players including iPod(R) and Creative devices. Millions of users from more than 8,500 OverDrive partner libraries, as well as shoppers at online retailers like Borders.com, can now transfer both DRM-protected OverDrive WMA Audiobooks and DRM-free OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks to their Zune players. OverDrive Media Console v3.1 can be downloaded for free at http://www.overdrive.com/software/omc/download.asp.