Friday, October 19, 2007

Webresource: Free Audio Books

From the LIFE of FL Yahoo Group:

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LibriVox
http://librivox.org/
Acoustic liberation of books in the public domain

LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and
release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all
public domain books available as free audio books.

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Podiobooks: Free, serialized books on demand
http://podiobooks.com/

Listeners to Podiobooks.com can choose to receive the episodes of
their books via an RSS feed or by listening to episodes by directly
downloading episodes from this site. Some listeners keep the audio
files on their computers, some transfer the book to CD, but most
transfer the file on to their mp3 player so they can listen no matter
where they are.

Why are the books on Podiobooks.com free of charge? Many authors do
this to get exposure for their work, others do it in the hopes you'll
buy their next work in development. Still others simply do it for the
sheer joy of writing. And while it's not required, you have the option
to donate money to the author of your choice. When you consider that
audio books run usually 50% more than their hardcover counterparts...
we hope you'll be generous. Authors receive 75% of all the proceeds
from the donations from listeners. The smaller portion goes to the
maintenance and upkeep of Podiobooks.com

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