eMusic to offer DRM-free audiobooks
Like downloading audiobooks, but don't like being told how to listen to them? Up until now, the biggest names in downloadable audiobooks have been Audible and iTunes. Now online music site eMusic has announced it will get into the game.Unlike books purchased from Audible/iTunes, anything you buy from eMusic will be DRM-free. Want to listen to it on any computer or portable media player? No problem. All you need is a player that can handle MP3s. And a lot more media players can handle MP3 than AAC files with DRM.
And why should you care if you have an iPod? Because there are still limitations on how you can use Audible/iTunes audiobooks. Want to burn your book to several CDs so you can listen at home and in the car? No deal. You can only burn an iTunes audioboook to CD once.
eMusic also hopes to undercut Audible and iTunes on price. The New York Times reports that one launch title will be The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama. On iTunes, the audiobook will cost you $18.95. eMusic will sell it for $9.99. On the other hand, Audible and iTunes have about 15,000 titles to choose from, while eMusic will have only about 1,000 when the service goes live.
We love us some eMusic. The legal download service eschews DRM and still sells tracks for far less than any other popular service. So, it's come as a shock to us that eMusic is teaming with stodgy AT&T to sell music downloads to phones -- except the iPhone, no joy in Mudville for iPhone users. Music downloads will cost $7.49 per five songs, five times more than music costs when using eMusic's online subscription service and your portable music player. 
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