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Public Library loans iPod shuffles for audio books
updated 01:20 pm EST, Thu March 3, 2005
iPod shuffle at library
This week the South Huntington Public Library on Long Island, New York, became one of the first public libraries in the country to , reports Wired News. For the past three weeks, the library ran a pilot program using the portable MP3 devices to store audio books downloaded from the Apple iTunes Music Store. They started with six shuffles, and now are up to a total of 10. Each device holds a single audio book. The few library patrons that have checked them out seem to have had positive experiences. "It's changed the books on tape from a car-only experience to a bring-it-with-you experience," Lee Jacknow, 61, a retired professor of engineering said.
Can you say jacked?
03/03, 01:50pm reply
Why don't they just say it "Public Library Gives out Free iPod shuffles for audio books" I hope they don't loan out earbuds =P
bleee
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no cost
03/03, 03:02pm reply
at the online university i work for, we can't use the word "free" on our ads. we have to use "no cost"... maybe it's the same them too.
evansls
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Shuffle+audiobooks=good
03/03, 03:21pm reply
That's cool.
I've been loading my current audiobook onto the top of my Shuffle, then filling the rest with random Autofill music from my library, and it works well. Play the first track to pick up on the audiobook; switch to Shuffle mode and it sorts through a selection of music.
I still love my 2gen iPod for road trips and vacations, but the Shuffle is so convenient for running around town.
cooner
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