I had to look at several of these sites for LATI earlier this year. Our library links to Overdrive, so that's the site where I set up my account. I understand the appeal of downloadable books. You can find titles that your system might not carry and you may be able to get a new title faster than you could going through the normal holds lists at the library. Some titles allow you to burn the file to Cd's, making the experience similar to checking out an audio book at the library. I like the fact that you can see how many people would be in line ahead of you before you place a hold on an item that's already checked out. I searched for several different titles and was able to find them all in one format or another. It would be nice if they carried Young Adult books as well. This might be a good way to introduce teens to the audio book format.
I didn't find any titles that I really wanted to try to download. As with traditional audio books, I think I'd have a hard time focusing on listening to a book while I was driving or working on something. I don't think I'd want to read a book off my computer screen either. I end up staring at a computer screen for a large part of my day already. It's not what I want to do for hours at home just to read a book.
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