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Old 08-29-2014, 04:22 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe View Post
Personally, I no longer think audiobooks deserves its own subforum. I think it deserves its own major forum, perhaps between "E-Book Formats" and "E-Book Uploads - Patricia Clark Memorial Library." But that's my 2 cents.
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
If you only want to talk about audio books a subforum could be ok but if we do audio we are thinking about all things audio so it is eBooks, audio book readers and reading, audio book generation, audio book formats, perhaps even TTS and other fringe audio discussions. Even audio for the blind. Audio in our wiki covers quite a few things. I suspect there may be even more.
Here's one possible scenario (I have other ideas too). Make audiobooks a major forum with placement after E-Book Readers. Divide it into forums and sub-forums.

News

General Discussions

Deals, Freebies & Resources
  • Audiobook Memberships --> Audible, Christian Audio, Downpour, Kindle Unlimited
  • Audio Dramas --> BBC Radio, Internet Archive
  • Public Libraries --> OverDrive, OneClickDigital, Hoopla
  • Public Domain --> LibriVox, Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg
  • Whispersync for Voice

Listening Recommendations

Audiobook Devices
  • Amazon Kindle --> Kindle, Fire
  • Android Devices --> Galaxy, Nexus, Nook
  • Apple Devices --> iPod, iPhone, iPad
  • MP3 Players --> Sansa, Sony
  • other --> Windows, Blackberry

Audiobook Software
  • Apple iTunes
  • AudibleManager
  • OverDrive Media Console
  • Windows Media Player
  • other

Audiobook Formats
  • Audible
  • MP3
  • OverDrive
  • WMA
  • other

Audiobook Accessibility --> adapting audiobook technology for the vision impaired
  • TTS
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