Free Audio Books

[mouser]

http://www.audiobook....com/screen_main.asp

(you can also pay for higher quality audio option)


[linked from our friends at shell city]

[Renegade]

Well, the site design really sucks  , but it's a very cool idea  and it looks like they've got a lot of great content with a lot of it free. The paid options look pretty good too  - with all of them available for $120.00 on 6 DVDs, that's a killer deal.

I've got a GDT customer that's bought it 3x that might like that site (he's a music professor & doesn't need GDT, but really likes it for listening to audio books). I'm going to have to email him about it.

Cool tip mouser!

[mrainey]

I like the idea.  I used to pay a lot of money to listen to books from Recorded Books and Books On Tape when I had sixty-minute commutes.

One question - anybody have enough experience with this site to comment on the overall quality of the narration?  Some narrators can make a book, some can break it.  I'm guessing these are something less than professional quality.

[mouser]

note that these are not normal modern audio books; i think most are older public domain, and some independent narrated book (which actually could be quite interesting).  if you like newer released audio books you should also check out www.audible.com.

[lanux128]

hi there,

there is also Project Gutenberg's Audio eBooks which is a repository for older books that is not protected by copyrights, for those who enjoy classics...