Wired discusses a fresh use for the iPod shuffle that actually takes advantage of its simplicity: The South Huntington Public Library in Long Island, New York is letting out shuffles with an audiobook saved to it. Library patrons are borrowing shuffles with Grisham’s latest on them and listening to them in their cars or wherever they go, facilitated by the library’s inclusion of a compatible FM transmitter and cassette adapter when you borrow them. The article mentions that “one book fits within several MP3 files,” and they go on to mention that the library is actually saving money, because audiobooks cost more on CD than MP3.
Library Shuffles Its Collection [WiredNews]
