When I saw the sign in the Glen Ridge Library with pictures of iPods on it, promising free new audiobook downloads through a service called ListenNJnw, I was pretty stoked. The service is available to all members of BCCLS, which now includes Glen Ridge, Montclair and Bloomfield as member libraries. Since then, however, I’ve lost several hours of my life to downloading purgatory, and Overdrive Media Explorer still can’t find my iPhone. I guess, despite all the hours I log on my Mac, I’m just not geek enough. Still, I can hear Haruki Murakami’s “A Wild Sheep Chase” if I want to listen at my desk, or burn it to CD. I’m interested in seeing if anybody out there in Baristaville has mastered the art of the ListenNJnw download to iPod. If so, tell us in comments and please pass on any practical tips.
If you’re looking for a good audiobook, by the way, I highly recommend Barack Obama’s “Dreams From My Father,” which I listened to during a 7-hour trip back from central Virginia late last year. Not only is Obama a gifted writer with an interesting story to tell, he reads the book himself and does all the voices.You can reserve through the library service, on iTunes for $14.95 or audible.com for $18.17.