Free audiobook - Walden by Henry David Thoreau [Philosophy]

ATDrake · 04-20-2011, 05:38 PM

For Earth Day, Tantor Audio are offering a free download of their version of Henry David Thoreau's classic Walden, narrated by former ad agency executive Mel Foster, in mp3 format.

You'll have to sign up for their site and log in, but after that all you have to do is download from the special promo link on the regular product page. It's about 550 megs or so.

They're also having a 40% off Pulitzer Prize tie-in sale on award-winner audiobooks as well as the current Pulitzer nominees and finalists, with free shipping over $25 in the States, if anyone's interested. Enter the code prize at checkout to get the discount price, which will be good until April 26th.

If you'd like to read along on your device, we've several nice hand-formatted copies of Walden in our Patricia Clark Memorial Library right here on MR: Mobi, LRF, PDF.

And if you happen to need a different format, there's always Project Gutenberg's version.

birdbrainbb · 04-20-2011, 06:39 PM

Thanks for the info! I wonder if Mel Foster is a decent narrator?

ATDrake · 04-20-2011, 06:51 PM

Well, he seems to have a decent list of credits to his name and has apparently won a couple of awards for his narration work, according to the bio.

I should add that for anyone who's interested in Tantor's 40% off sale, it applies to both retail and mp3-cd versions.

So if the sticker prices on the regular CDs seem too high and you're willing to live with whatever bitrate the mp3-CDs have been converted to, they're considerably cheaper.

04-20-2011, 05:38 PM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free audiobook - Walden by Henry David Thoreau [Philosophy] For Earth Day, Tantor Audio are offering a free download of their version of Henry David Thoreau's classic Walden, narrated by former ad agency executive Mel Foster, in mp3 format. You'll have to sign up for their site and log in, but after that all you have to do is download from the special promo link on the regular product page. It's about 550 megs or so. They're also having a 40% off Pulitzer Prize tie-in sale on award-winner audiobooks as well as the current Pulitzer nominees and finalists, with free shipping over $25 in the States, if anyone's interested. Enter the code prize at checkout to get the discount price, which will be good until April 26th. If you'd like to read along on your device, we've several nice hand-formatted copies of Walden in our Patricia Clark Memorial Library right here on MR: Mobi, LRF, PDF. And if you happen to need a different format, there's always Project Gutenberg's version.

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birdbrainbb Addict Posts: 287 Karma: 2191035 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Anaheim, CA Device: Kindle Oasis, Kindle Paperwhite 5	Thanks for the info! I wonder if Mel Foster is a decent narrator?

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ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Well, he seems to have a decent list of credits to his name and has apparently won a couple of awards for his narration work, according to the bio. I should add that for anyone who's interested in Tantor's 40% off sale, it applies to both retail and mp3-cd versions. So if the sticker prices on the regular CDs seem too high and you're willing to live with whatever bitrate the mp3-CDs have been converted to, they're considerably cheaper.

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