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Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:24 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"David Smith" dvdcsmth
There's something somewhere - maybe in overdrive - that requires opening a free Adobe account so the user can read books in some Adobe format or the other. Adobe appears as a sort of necessary nuisance from time to time.
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On Apr 24, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Alexandra Shimizu <alexandrashimizu@
> Connie,
> Do you mean audible.com? I don't think adobe has books. But, audible does and they are wonderful.
> alex
> From: bj <bjones44@verizon.
> To: the_ipod_group@
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 7:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [the_ipod_group] RE Audiobooks For iPod Classic
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Connie Blanken
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:53 PM
> To: mailto:the_ipod_
> Subject: RE: [the_ipod_group] RE Audiobooks For iPod Classic
>
> I have Overdrive on my computer from when I was using it before, and I have
> an adobe.com account, but it still said there was no longer any audio books
> for iPod Classics of any kind. I did see mention of iPod Touch. Personally
> I'm getting tired of Apple only giving about a year and half on a device,
> before you can no longer use it and have to buy an upgraded device. I'm not
> going to keep playing that game with Apple.
> >>>
>
> I don't know about Overdrive or Adobe, but I certainly have some audiobooks
> on a 5-yr old model of iPod Touch. Also on 3-yr old phone & ipad. And a iPod
> (?classic?) from about 6-7 years ago. All syncing with the latest iTunes
> (11).
>
> Some particular providers may no longer support the system you have, but the
> devices themselves are hardly doorstops.
>
> Libraries are stretched pretty thin these days, no surprise if they have to
> limit what they can continue to support.
>
> See if you can get what you want in another format -- e.g. MP3 -- which you
> can sync to an older device.
> bj
>
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