Audio Books anyone?

I've been meaning to try this reading format for simply ages and found a
Tuit yesterday. I wanted to play stuff on the cage MP3 player. 2x30min
journeys, 3 or 4 days a week. Otherwise wasted time (1). Just an Ian Rankin
novel for starters.

What a jolly good thing it is. Catchy. I had to partially defeat the object
and plug the iPod into my Pure beside my bed to finish the 3rd part ;o)

Can the FOAK recommend any good sites/sources for the media. I'm rather
assuming that disability regs force publishers to provide *all* books in an
audio format for the blind and dyslexic. Happy to purchase but no DRM
infested or proprietary format shite (so don't say iTunes).

On the flip side if you drive with a modicum of skill (2) the concentration
prevents the audio stream really sinking in. So fine for Novels but
unsuitable for the latest advances in CT technology and Radiotherapy
Physics. But in a plane or train I can see it would work really well.

(1) well, if you can ever call R4 wasted time (feckin Archers excepted)
(2) obviously all UKRM regulars do, like Gods (good ged)

 

http://www.emusic.com/audiobooks/index.html

 

Thanks. Hmm monthly sub rather than pay per tome.....

 

<snort>
Audioporn

 

ie: make a bloody great list of what you want and download it all in
the first month.
By the time you've got through that lot, rinse, repeat.

 

Ah
GPWM

 

Worth checking the local library?

 

It never occured to me they might keep alternative media

 

They do.

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Indeed. When my daughter was little, in the days of cassettes, a visit
to the library was essential before any long car trip. Pat and I
listened to the free-with-the-Guardian Fantastic Mr Fox CD on the way
down to Derby recently. Brought back memories and made us giggle.

 

You two are just so off the hook, I'm embarrassed to know you!

 

www.distortedview.com

 

How long did it take you to find that

 

Archers=Eastenders=BrainDeath

 

<proud>

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, steve auvache

Unfortunately, that is less and less true these days. Vanessa Fucking
Whitburn appears to be chasing the "yoof" market. :^(

True. Very true.

 

Audible.com is a similar setup, but might have a different selection
for you to choose from.

Also, I think you might like TheMoth.org podcast. I get it through
iTunes, not sure if you can get via any other outlet. Some are
hilarious, some a bit somber, others just amusement, and just
occasionally there's a duff one, but only perhaps 1 in 50.

If you can get it, just donwload the lot and start working your way
through them.

 

More accurately

Archers=Emmerdale=BrainDeath

 

Been listening to it for years.
Probably explains a lot...

 

Given that, I'm surprised it's only just surfaced in these parts.

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