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Are there good places to get free audio books?Options
09-14-2008 06:25 AM
I think I would like to try them if i can find some for free to see if I like that format. I'm not a reader. I never was. My type of a good read is a manual of some type or how to, something that I learn with. I seem to get lost when reading a story. I always want to be doing something else. But thinking about it depending on type of audio book it could be interesting to hear a story in that format.. I am a typical 51 yer old male if that helps.. Thanks! George
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Re: Are there good places to get free audio books?Options
09-14-2008 08:36 AM Check out Librivox, they have some there.
http://librivox.org/about-librivox/
Also Legaltorrents.com has some audiobooks in the public domain also: http://beta.legaltorrents.com/ Re: Are there good places to get free audio books?Options
09-14-2008 08:45 AM
Hey, Thanks! I'll check them out! George
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09-14-2008 08:50 AM
YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY IS A GOOD PLACE , YOU CAN GET INFORMATION FROM THE LIBRARY WEBSITE !!!
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09-14-2008 09:02 AM nikkona, Wow great thought! I live in the sticks in NH but will stop by my local library and see what they offer..Not sure if they have a website but will look! Thanks! George
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09-15-2008 08:33 AM
Having two little kids I frequent the local library more than most and I can say for sure that most if not all libraries have a pretty extensive audio/visual section. I live in a pretty small place, <100,000 ppl and they have 100's if not thousands of books on CD's. I don't know the legalness behind it but I am sure it would be pretty easy to rip those CD's into MP3 files. Infact, I spent the summer in Kansas City and their city library had a download section where you could download an audiobook for 30 days, after 30 days it would stop working. It was free to download and they had thousands of titles.
Re: Are there good places to get free audio books?[ Edited ]Options
09-15-2008 09:36 AM - edited 09-15-2008 09:37 AM Yes, as said above, there are several free options.
- if supported by your local library: DRM'd WMA* audiobooks from NetLibrary. - if supported by your local library: DRM'd WMA* audiobooks from OverDrive Media. You can check for yourself here, on the right under "SEARCH LIBRARIES". - MP3 files ripped from local library CDs or cassettes. - Project Gutenberg has many classics in audiobook form, some with human readers. - Sites that I've never used, but had in my bookmarks here and here and here and here. - A Custom Google Search.
Here is someone's blog about free audiobooks.
*The Fuze, Clip, Connect, e100-series, e-200-series (when set to MTP/PlaysForSure) m200-series all play NetLibrary or OverDrive Media audiobooks. It's PlaysForSure compatibility that you want (PlaysForSure = MTP + some little something else), which is supported by most Sandisk, Creative, Samsung, Cowon, Rio players, but not iPod nor Zune. Message Edited by jj2me on 09-15-2008 12:37 PM
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09-15-2008 09:55 AM
I use Librivox. They are the older, classics that are past copywright and were never renewed. Most have various readers, and some are okay, as they are volunteer. But I like them.
I haven't tried my library yet as I have several I want to listen to still! Re: Are there good places to get free audio books?Options
09-25-2008 04:49 PM The Internet Archive website offers every kind of media for free. I often download old radio shows from them and put them in the Fuze. Our neighbor's kids uses this site as a source for children's books. There are videos, international books and audio files, tv shows, etc. Try it out here: http://www.archive.org/details/audio There is absolutely no charge for any files and the site welcomes uploads, too. Re: Are there good places to get free audio books?[ Edited ]Options
01-04-2009 02:53 PM - edited 01-04-2009 02:53 PM
Just to clear my mind, if I go to the library website and download a drm'd wma file, then transfer it to my Fuse, it will play fine?
Message Edited by kmoffat on 01-04-2009 02:53 PM
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