Dec 21, 2011

FREE AUDIOBOOKS

FREE AUDIOBOOKS

If you travel or are have vision problems you may have
been thinking about acquiring audiobooks.

A visit to one of the book store chains
is not likely to persuade you to build
a library of audiobooks.

Audiobooks are expensive.
Sometimes there is a sale but maybe the titles
are not appealing enough to make
you part with your money.

In 2005 an author, Hugh McGuire, living in Montreal
set up a blog and posed the question:
"Can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books
in the public domain to life through podcasting?"

The result as of this writing is a library of 5279 items,
consisting of unabridged books to shorter items.
All works are in the public domain so no copyright issues.
Librivox has become the most prolific publisher since 2007.
The Audiobook Library can be accessed by clicking here.

Ninety percent of the books are in English.
The remaining 10% represents more than 30 languages.

Recent downloads:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
9,728 downloads
Christmas Poetry and Hymn Collection
7,528 downloads
Great Expectations
6,175 downloads
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5,902 downloads
The Art of War
5,296 downloads
Moby Dick, or the Whale
5,197 downloads
Dracula
5,138 downloads
Pride and Prejudice
4,913 downloads
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
4,889 downloads
A Tale of Two Cities
4,637 downloads

You can search for titles or authors as well as by genre or language.
One can also look for all works read by a particular volunteer.

I have fond memories of a book of my youth, rich with illustrations,
which I read many times.

The Adventures of Reddy Fox
by Thornton W. Burgess

To access the Reddy Fox library page click here.

You can listen to the book online or download it in various formats.
MP3 format is available in two speeds.
An audio CD at Amazon will set you back $49.95 (LINK)

George VanderWoude
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