see the announcement below. I do realize we can handle .wma files but what about this "overdrive" component? Is anybody onlist involved in this or knowledgable about the prospects/needed work for us to be able to use it on linux? thanks. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 08:05:12 -0600 Subject: Unabridged Service offered by Libraries Today libraries serving blind, visually impaired, and physically handicapped readers in Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, New Hampshire, and Oregon, as well as the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), part of the Library of Congress, announce a new service, Unabridged ( http://www.unabridged.info/), that provides digital audio books for print-impaired readers. The full press release is available at http://www.unabridged.info/pressrelease20050105.htm Tom Peters, Unabridged Coordinator Tom Peters TAP Information Services 1000 SW 23rd Street Blue Springs, MO 64015 phone: 816-228-6406 email: tapinformation at yahoo.com web: www.tapinformation.com TAP Information Services provides a wide variety of high quality planning, consulting, research, and assessment services supporting libraries, consortia, government agencies, associations, and other information organizations.