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Downloadable Audiobooks

Recommended Players

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.