Desperately need audio book solution

[pennypritty1]

...and forgive my assuming... NYPL is New York Public Library (just in case someone didn't know that).

[pbz]

thanks Prof. Ray. I installed it then put it back and it's working now thank God lol. I can't go anywhere without my books! I just finished world without end by Ken Follett and think
I'm going to do pillars of the earth again: D

I notice you seem to find better books that will play on a Droid than I usually find. Is this from a public library? Or purchased audiobooks site? Do you then use SoundTaxi or Gold Wave or something to convert to mp4? I haven't tried that yet. But the selection of mp3 books is majorly disappointing. And my public library is dropping NetLibrary, so will only have Overdrive audiobooks available. I've tried to make their player work on my Motorola Droid, but it just won't! So I'm really bummed. I used to use MortPlayer, but lately have been using Ambling Bookplayer, which works well for me, most of the time. Please let me know where you find such great books, and if converted, what you use to convert the file type.
Thanks!

[Corinacakes]

PBZ Both Prof Ray and I use audible.com. They have the biggest audio book library out there. They also have an app out now for android. It's currently in testing so in order to get it you will need to sign up for the beta. http://groups.google.com/group/audible-for-android-beta.

[bbuchan]

To all audio-book player software makers, I have this request: Please try to make a player that will keep itself visible on the Droid screen, so it won't go black, to make it easier to pause. When I take walks, and run into a neighbor who wants to talk, it's awkward to have to swipe the face of the droid to get to where I can pause the player.

A good solution to this issue which will work for any player with an available widget: Try WidgetLocker (available in the Adroid Market). The application allows you to place widgets on the adroid lock screen. This way you simply press the power button (which brings up the lock screen) and then the pause button on your players widget. Works great for me with Ambling BookPlayer Pro, DoggCather, Audible, & Pandora.

WidgetLocker Lockscreen - Android app on AppBrain

[mcgilles]

if the developer of astro player is still reading this...

I just downloaded id and I like what I see, but I'm having a major problem which others have reported in the feedback.

once astroplayer is installed it launches itself randomly whenever I touch the volume keys on my driod. it doesn't seem to do it from the homescreen, but it will if I'm playing pandora for example, it pauses pandora and astroplayer launches. doesn't matter if its running in the background or not.

I checked the hotkeys settings and can't find anything that would cause this. I had to uninstall. even after a force close it would relauch immediately if I touch the volume buttons. what gives? can this be fixed?

I'm on a droid X