- Annual subscription price provides access to the entire master collection, so there is no local selection
- Annual subscription price is based on the total annual circ stats for the subscribing library
- Copy protected WMA files
- Two compression ratios, which they call "radio" and "CD" quality
- Preview audio snippets are available
- Not very consortial friendly, although this is changing
- Multiple concurrent users allowed, up to an annual cap on circs
- Easily integrate digital audiobooks with existing NetLibrary ebook service
- Provide MARC records
- Provides integration with ILS
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- Large files are not broken into sections
- Relatively long download times
- Burning CDs not allowed
- Users must set up a free personal account within NetLibrary
- Only "CD" compression files can be transferred to portable playback devices
- To go above the annual circulation cap, the library must pay a surcharge
- Will not play on iPods
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