Thing #22

I bought my treasured SanDisk Sansa M200 MP3 player when OCL first added ListenNJ to the list of databases/electronic resources. It has three different books on it right now plus some music that I transferred from my CDs. My Sansa player is different from the Sansa Clip that will be the prize in the Web Challenge in one important way. It takes one AAA battery instead of a rechargeable battery. I carry the player and an extra battery in a little soft sided change purse. I never have to worry if I've remembered to charge the battery and AAA batteries are available everywhere. An important advantage to all flash memory based MP3 players (like SanDisk's) is that the books don't expire off the player ever. You have to remove them when you want them gone to make room for new material. MP3 players with mini spinning harddrives have the books expire after the lending period is over.

What do I like about ListenNJ?

* Free
* Has full cast audio titles from Bruce Coville.
* Easy to download

What I don't like

* Not enough titles, new and backlist. Overdrive, please license
Recorded Books titles!
* Doesn't have all the full cast audio titles from Bruce Coville
* If I'm not careful when I download titles, they end up on my player
interspersed with my music.
* Waiting lists
* Email notification that I'm at the top of the waiting list and then
forgetting to download the title
* Not enough ways to search. You have to know to search
Bruce Coville as an author to get a list of the full cast audio books
that he publishes.

I'm sorry that some players have had problems using ListenNJ at work. You really have to use the PC Plus machines. At home, you shouldn't have any problem.