Digging up the books...

My local library are upgrading their computer system over the next three weeks. What they failed to realise was that taking down the library system kills apps like BorrowBox - my library audiobook player. I have called and mailed to make them aware, and they are doing what they can to restore normal service. In the meantime, though, my audiobooks are not playable. No authenticaion? No playback.

So, I had a dig around my iPhone's file system tonight on the hunch that I might find something that resembles an audiobook MP3 file collection, and what do you know, so I did:

I copied these numbered files to my desktop, and added a .MP3 suffix. I then simply added these file to iTunes in the normal manner, and can now listen to my heart's content:

 

If you are struggling to access BorrowBox, or if you want to listen to your audiobook on a more reliable platform, then a little bit of digging might help you too.