Archive for February, 2010
Enjoy Driving With Audio Books
by admin on Feb.25, 2010, under General
Did you know that A trucker working to the legal limit in the U.S. can rack up to 3,432 driving hours a year, nearly 10 times that of the average New York commuter or enough to listen to the unabridged audio book version of Bill Clinton’s My Life 77 times? (Publishing Trends, Market Partners International, September 2005).
Think of the way audio books could optimize your time management. Audio books can turn the day to a 26 hours day. Yes, audio books can add extra two hours each day. Still not convinced?
Did you know that The average rush hour driver will spend an additional 62 hours stuck in traffic – at standstill -each year and that More than 97 million workers drive alone to work each day.
Well, enough with that pile of useless data, Think about yourself, what have you been doing while driving – Listening to the radio? Making unnecessary calls with your mobile phone? Wasting valuable time?
Now close your eyes and imagine you could read the last edition of the New York Times, Read the last Harry Potter book or learn Chinese – all simultaneously while driving your car. Now open your eyes and stop dreaming, you can do it all now. The only difference is that you are going to use a new method of reading – listening to audio books.
And it is so easy: You may get audio books in different formats from books on tapes and audio books on CD to downloadable audio books. You can get it from different sources: libraries, book and music stores and online audio book sources. You could buy audio books, rent audio books and even get free audio books.
According to eBrain Market Research survey, 71% of the audio book listeners listen to them on long car trips.
Believe me; I couldn’t wait getting into the heavy morning traffic listening to the audio book “IT” by Stephen king. In fact, I couldn’t resist listening to it at home after work. I love audio books.
Audio Books Online You Can Read While You Listen
Although audio books online have come to stay for quite sometime now, few people have come to grips with it, fewer still indulge in such simple opulence. Thousands of websites beckon you for free audio book online, comprising fiction, …
The Know-it-All | blogweekend.com online book download book free book
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:10 pm. I am listening to this as an AudioBook and it is so painful. The author is just obnoxious and Bo-ring. Also there is just no contribution or enlightenment to be had from this book. Rating: 1 / 5 …
Penny Book Sellers on Amazon Marketplace
Product DescriptionBook Description Selling Used Books Online is a comprehensive how-to bible for America’s newest and fastest growing group of entrepreneurs, the sellers on Amazon Marketplace and other online venues. …
3 Ways You Can Profit From Audio Book Stores With No Investment
Downloadable audio books are a new hot trend, which is getting ready to explode. How can an average person profit from this trend, not having to set up a new store from the ground, spending a lot of money? Basically there are three …
Audiobook Blog – Audiobooker, by Mary Burkey – Booklist Online …
BBC Audiobooks America’s first Twitter audiobook, Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry, was kicked off by Neil Gaiman, completed by the Twitterverse, and narrated by Katherine Kellgren. You can download the audiobook for free on the BBCAA web …
Finding The Best Audio Book Download Deal
by admin on Feb.24, 2010, under General
The internet has added a whole new dimension for many industries to explore, expand into and monetise, including the audio book download market. These days anyone with an internet connection and a computer or laptop has easy access to a wide selection of MP3 audio books. An increase in sales and popularity for this niche ensures it will be here for many years to com. This type of online service has been especially useful for business people who travel frequently, commuters and families looking for something to occupy the children on long trips.
The audio book market has something to suit the needs of any book lover. With the vast selection available online, the audio book download market is sure to have something that will suit just about anyones needs or taste. Business books make up a significant part of the audio book market. You can find a vast array of business categories with a large number of titles in each category just by surfing the internet. When you find one you like, all you have to do is download the mp3 or wma digital file and your ready to go. Other interesting and helpful resources like motivational materials and expert authors writing on such topics as, “establishing a successful business,” are readily available.
Audio book downloads are made available to the consumer through hundreds of online stores and websites. An increasingly popular online store to obtain your MP3 audio books is Simply Listen Audiobooks. Consumers can download digital recordings of their favorite topic or author at prices that are less than purchasing the actual paper book itself. Apart from saving money the more eco-conscious amongst us will be happy in the knowledge that they are also helping the planet by not contributing to the mass tree felling programs that are going on in many parts of the world.
These online digital libraries usually stock thousands of titles with the vast majority of the best authors and subjects readily available. As a result users are certain to find something that fits their preferences while providing the opportunity to expand their horizons. If this is something that you think you may find interesting or useful but want to try the free option before laying down your hard cash, then try some of the free audio book downloads first.
Most of the first generation online audio book stores are still subscription based or membership based services. But these days you can get access to a huge number of top quality audio books without the imposition of having to join a club or pay a monthly membership fee. Most of the new wave of online audio book stores offer the same advantages and do so without the customer being tied down to purchasing from one place because of a recurring membership fee.
Some of the advantages include: being able to pick and choose the stores you download from; choosing to buy when you want; choosing to buy as many or as few titles you want; no postage costs; no late fees; instant downloads providing instant access 24 hrs a day 365 days a year. Which of course means you no longer have to depend on the postal service for delivery.
With the frantic lifestyles we we lead in today’s society, the audio book market provides a valuable service for book lovers and the busy professional alike. MP3 players, ipods and compact discs along with the convenience of the internet make it possible to listen to just about any book you want at almost any time.
In my opinion this is a fantastic marriage of new technology and services that everyone from the youngest to the oldest can definitely benefit from in some way, shape or form.
Accents in AFFC Audio book – A Song of Ice and Fire
Okay, I’m listening to the AFFC audio book and I noticed the reader using some fairly distictive accents for the various characters. Aero Hotah has a distictive Scottish burr. Cersei has a distinct Irish brough perhaps a touch of …
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind …
I have a couple of books in this series and they are in the form of one-page “devotions” to be read each day on a given subject. This transfers nicely to the form of an audio book in that a year’s worth of “devotions” covers 16 CDs with about 22 readings per CD. each on … My only real complaint (worth the loss of a star) is that there is no index to the set, so that you cannot find a CD that contained a particular reading or two you liked (guess it could be put online). …
How do I find Free Audio Books on the internet?
i want to listen to audio books online totally free, i want the books to be 50/50 ,old, and really good modern books to read., not just average rubbish books cos they are free. i want great audio books completely …
Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times Audiobook CD: From the …
The Story of the World CD audiobook is a collaboration between Jim Weiss, whose voice is “liquid gold” (CNN TV), and Susan Wise Bauer, whose writing has been described as “timeless and intelligent” (Publishers Weekly). …
Audiobook Blog – Audiobooker, by Mary Burkey – Booklist Online …
With over 100 surveys tallied, there seems to be a pretty clear 50-50 split between those who are listening to audiobook downloads and those who want to hold on to the physical format. As the survey allowed multiple answers, …
Download Audio Books and Enjoy Your Favorite Books without Reading
by admin on Feb.23, 2010, under General
With today’s online technology, there is a new way of reading books that’s both convenient and affordable for the busy bookworm. Now you can download audio books and listen to your favorite book on your computer or on CD whenever and wherever you want. You can listen to someone else read while you do other activities and enjoy the story.
Audio Books Explained
Audio books are often called “the spoken word” because someone is reading a book for you. Many fictional audiobooks are narrated by famous actors or people with intriguing voices to bring the characters of the book to life. So, you can listen to your favorite audiobooks about romance, comedy, suspense, or even horror stories with a sense of “being there” and living out the story!”
What does it mean to “Download Audio Books”?
If you’ve been online any length of time, you’ve probably downloaded software for your computer such as an anti-virus program, a photo-editing program or maybe even an e-book. Audio books are downloadable in the same way. They are created with software that converts them into sound files that can be heard over a computer speaker or burned to a CD. It’s like listening to your favorite music online, except it’s a book being read to you!
To download audio books, you will visit an audiobook Web store, make your selection, and pay for your audio book. Then, you can download it according to the provided instructions. It’s a simple process that only takes a few moments.
Audio Book Selections
At an audio book store, you can usually find hundreds (or even thousands) of downloadable audio books. In the fiction category, there are suspense, romance, horror, thriller, historical, comedy, war, classics and many other types of audio books so you can easily find entertaining books. If you’re interested in self-help audiobooks, there are audio books about hobbies, exercise and diet, good health and beauty, sports, and travel.
Other audio book selections include religion, history, arts and drama, business and marketing, and TV and film.
How and Where to Use Audio Books
When you download audio books, you can listen to the “spoken word” right from your own personal computer or you can save (or burn) the audio book file to a CD. The CD can be played anywhere. The benefit of copying to a CD is you can listen to it in your car while traveling to work or taking a vacation. You can even download audio books for the kids to listen to on long trips. What a lifesaver!
Another benefit is you can listen to the audio book on CD while cleaning your home, exercising, or doing outdoor tasks. If you have a busy schedule that doesn’t allow much time for reading, audio books can make a great substitute.
To enjoy page after page of entertainment, download audio books online and build your listening library today!
Audiobook Blog – Audiobooker, by Mary Burkey – Booklist Online …
Ingram’s MyiLbrary is a strong competitor with OverDrive Media and NetLibrary, and Ingram’s collaboration with the DOD takes them into a robust and growing audiobook market segment – witness this Publishers Weekly article on Playway’s …
Book Publishing News: jexbo Teams with Authors Digital to Help …
“Once the audio books are produced by Authors Digital, self-published authors can immediately market and sell books online at jexbo.com at no cost,” says Wolf. “Plus, we have the resources to take the audio books to the major online …
The Warren Buffett Way, Second Edition | blogweekend.com online …
I found the way is very interesting, so I decided to buy the book. I was invited to make a review, though I did not read the book yet. Since the book and audio book the same, so I recommend it very much. Rating: 5 / 5 …
Csa Word – the Good Ship Book Group in Kilburn will be split down the middle for a new experiment on 16th March 2010…half will be reading the paperback of Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London and half will be listening to the …
Audio Book News: Vook is Expanding
Audio book news, Vook is currently set to expand, thanks to $2.5 million in funding. Can Vooks really bring books into the 21st century as claimed?
