
Downloadable Audiobooks
Recommended Players 
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Many players are designed primarily for use with small music files. While they may play audio books, you may be frustrated at some of the limitations.
Required Features:
- Be able to play secure or protected WMA files
- Be able to play a WMA file with a minimum bit rate of 32 Kbps
- Windows 2000, XP or Vista compatible
- Compatible with Windows Media Player version 9 or higher
Highly Recommended Features:
- An on /off/resume, pause/resume functionality or bookmarking. Bookmarking is very convenient when 2 or more books are on the player at the same time.
- Have an LCD time display of either HH:MM:SS or MMMM:SS
- A minimum of 512MB of storage
- Passes the NetLibrary Long Play Standard
Short list of Recommended Specific Players
Less than $100
- Creative Zen V Plus (1GB, 15-20 hr battery life, bookmarking)
- Creative Zen Nano (512MB, 15-20 hr battery life)
- Creative Zen Nano Plus, (1GB, 15-20 hr battery life)
- Creative MuVo Micro N200 (512 MB, 10-15 hr battery life)
- Creative MuVo TX FM (512MB, 15-20 hr battery life)
- Creative MuVo V100 (2GB, 15-20 hr battery life)
Between $100-200
- Archos Gmini XS 100 (4GB, 10-15 hr battery life, bookmarking)
- Creative Zen V (4GB, 15-20 hr battery life, bookmarking)
Between $200-300
- Archos Gmini402 Camcorder (20GB, 30-35 hr battery life, bookmarking)
- Creative Zen Vision (20GB+, 10-15 hr battery life, bookmarking)
- Creative Zen Vision W (20GB+, 10-15 hr battery life, bookmarking)
- Creative Zen Vision M (60GB, 15-20 hr battery life, bookmarking)
- Creative Zen Micro (5GB, 10-15 hr battery life, bookmarking)
Not recommended:
Zune, and iPod do not support WMP/DRM standard. Sony Walkman, Philips Jukebox, RCA Lyra, Lexar LDP, MPIO, and Gateway Jukebox MP3 players are also not recommended.
The full list of supported devices are at http://support.oclc.org/Resolutions/TestedPlayers.pdf
or http://www.playsforsure.com.
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