So - just in case someone with a real interest in audiobooks finds this blog, here's some REAL information.
I adore listening to what used to be called Books on Tape. Of course, since those ancient times, when our knuckles brushed the ground as we adjusted our Sony Walkmans, books have evolved to CD and digital formats that you can download to your favorite digital player. iPods are most widely used though my Zen is fine and there are plenty of others.
Though I want the audiobook industry to survive and so encourage purchasing CD's and downloads, I must admit that the majority of my listening is done for free. Most public libraries offer growing lists of downloadable audiobooks.
Other free resources:
Gutenberg: The Audiobooks Project
Internet Archive. Collection ranges from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry recordings, to original music contributed by users. Includes non-English audio options.
Librivox. Provides free audiobooks from the public domain performed by volunteer readers.
The Spoken Alexandria Project from the Telltale Weekly
Best Places to Get Free Books: The Ultimate Guide - From Friedbeef's Tech - Both audiobooks and text only books. A mixture of great and marginal recommendations.
Some more are also listed on this guide created for Auraria Library, in the process of being updated.
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