How do I view downloaded public library audiobooks in WMA form on my 4th generation ipod?

Question

I am able to transfer files using Overdrive.  Overdirve says there are ipod permissions for using these WMA files on the ipod.  The files transfer.  They function (when the ipod is docked to the computer and they play through the computer).  My problem is that I can't see the files on the ipod itself.  Therefore, I can't play them on the ipod when it is not docked to the computer.  I have looked through a lot of support areas and find nothing that addresses my problem.  What am I doing wrong?  Thanks.

Answer 1

I tried the transfer process all over again to see if I can better answer your questions.  This time I used a "Welcome to Overdrive Media WMA" audiobook file.  It is not a protected file, so I thought that would eliminate one problem.  I have Overdrive Media Console software installed.  What the Overdrive Media Console does is directly transfer the files of the borrowed library audiobook into the ipod.  It does not use itunes at all.  In fact, if itunes is open, it asks that you close it.  If I use the Advance button during the transfer process, I can choose where in the ipod I want to place the file.  Once the file(s) is/are in the ipod, it asks you to disconnect the ipod and enjoy reading the book!  Now, when I try to find the files on the ipod, once it's disconnected, I cannot locate them.  When the ipod is connected to my computer, I can navigate through the folders on the ipod and locate the file(s).  I can even play the file(s) through my computer.  There are files I can see when viewing the ipod as a disk drive that are not available when navigating through the ipod when it is disconnectied.  For example, there is a folder called "Recordings" that I can see through Windows Explorer on the computers, but it is nowhere to be found when scrolling through the ipod when it is working independently.  Conversely, there is an "Audiobook" folder on the ipod that does not show when I view it as a disk drive on the computer.  Why is that?
Having established that I could bring in the file through Overdrive Media Console, I next tried bringing the same file into my ipod using itunes.  This time when it asked to convert, it was allowed to convert the file.  I found it in the music.  I selected and right clicked it.  then I selected "Get info".  I changed the Media Kind to Audiobook.  Now I have a Book tab when I select my device.  The Welcome to Overdrive file is my one audiobook and I can locate it in the Audiobook folder under the Music folder.  Terrific!
The remaining problem is to get library audiobooks that are marked as permitted to be put on my ipod to actually go there, using either itunes or Overdrive Media Console.  I really don't care which method I use, as long as it works.  Since I now have established a place for audiobooks to go, perhaps it would work, but my book loan expired today, so I have to borrow another book and try again.  This may take a day or two for the loan to come through.  At least that was how my first experience went in receiving a library audiobook.  This time I will look more closely to see if somehow I can download the files from the library site to my ipod without first saving them into my computer.  It may or may not be a choice.
Does any of this make any sense to you or give you any other ideas for suggestions?  I am grateful to you for having this discussion with me.  I was able to get some ideas from you and from your suggestions to try a few more things.  I feel I have made some progress in understanding what it happening with audiobooks and my ipod.  Now I need to be a better understanding of how this library system can work with the ipod.  Thank you so much.