09-08-2008, 12:22 PM | #1 |
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Free Audiobooks?
Due to my upcoming eye surgery tomorrow, I'm not going to be reading anything for a while. Does anyone know of a good site to download free audiobooks?
Not Audible, because I don't want to join their club. I'm just looking for a few good books that I can burn to a CD and play on my stereo. Thanks! |
09-08-2008, 12:41 PM | #2 |
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have you tried http://librivox.org/ ? it's the Project gutenberg of audio books (free audio books from the public domain, read by volunteers). some of them are really good, i hear, although since it's all volunteer work the quality might be a little uneven.
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09-08-2008, 12:43 PM | #3 |
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The PG ones are quite good. My only issue with them - and I mean no disrespect in saying this - is that they are all (at least all the ones I've listened to) read by Americans, which I find a little "grating" for British English classics.
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You guys are wonderful! These are exactly tyhe types of sites I was hoping for. THANKS!
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Best of luck with your surgery, DG. Hope you're back with us soon!
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09-08-2008, 01:24 PM | #8 |
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glad to help dixiegal. feel better soon. hopefully some good books will make the recovery time fly past.
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Since I prefer my Ipod to my Sandisk, I often pick up the cds from the library and load them into Itunes and then onto my Ipod when I can't find what I want online. Good luck on your surgery. Hope the withdrawal from your ereader is not too severe. |
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09-08-2008, 02:10 PM | #10 |
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There are 4 books available as audio books on this site: http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/
It's about humans with superhero abilities that suddenly finds themselves attacked by german superhumans from WW2. |
09-08-2008, 03:17 PM | #11 |
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Hey, maybe *you* should volunteer to read the British English classics.
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09-08-2008, 03:56 PM | #12 |
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You can download bunches from Librivox. As far as I can tell, many of the Librivox recordings wind up at Project Gutenberg, too.
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