more competition

"Audible.com and Sprint PCS have teamed up to offer audiobooks on phones. This is exciting but nerve-racking. It would sure be terrible if people thought about getting digital audiobooks on their phone before getting them through a library." [walking paper]

Of course, Audible titles already work with my Treo 600, so I can vouch for how wonderful it is to always have an audio ebook with you. I look forward to being able to circulate ListenIllinois titles to patron cell phones someday!

Tangent: you should also read Aaron's post about library journal's breaking news. He makes some excellent points, and you start to wonder how information-rich the online world of library-related information would be if there was more of a two-way street between the bloggers and the trade journals.