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Audiobooks
 Websites presented in alphabetical order AudioBooksForFree.Com 
 This collection of fiction and nonfiction MP3 audio books is financed with brief commercials between book chapters. Children's books carry no advertising. Browse for desired books by author, title, and genre or use the search engine with filter settings for strong language, duration, author, and adult content. Registration required to download. http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/ Topics: Disabilities, Internet, Literature & Books, Music Last updated Jun 21, 2005 Best MP3 Players for Audiobooks
Review of MP3 players that are best for listening to audiobooks. The review notes that "the best MP3 players for audiobooks have a bookmarking feature, which is handy for instantly returning to a specific point in an audiobook." Includes links to related articles about topics such as Audible.com audiobooks (including compatibility with MP3 devices). From CNET. http://reviews.cnet.com/4321-6499_7-6547912.html?rId=31780772 Topics: Literature & Books, Music Last updated Jun 6, 2007 BookPage
This online version of the monthly publication features brief reviews of new general interest nonfiction, fiction, science fiction, mysteries, romance, children's books, and audio books. Also includes author interviews. Aimed at librarians, booksellers, and consumers, it is archived and searchable back to January 1996. http://www.bookpage.com/ Topics: Librarianship, Literature & Books, Magazines, Mysteries and More Last updated Aug 4, 2009 LibriVox
This site "provides free audiobooks from the public domain." Volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and this site publishes them on the Internet in various audio formats (including MP3). Includes a catalog of books, poems, and short stories, and information about volunteering. The project was started by a writer and ex-engineer. RSS feeds available. http://librivox.org/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Nov 24, 2007 Project Gutenberg
This project provides over 20,000 free electronic books, mainly "older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States." Books are classified as "light literature" ("Alice in Wonderland," "Peter Pan"), "heavy literature" (the Bible, "Moby Dick," works by Shakespeare), and reference works. Formats include audiobooks, recorded music, moving pictures and digitized sheet music. http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Topics: Disabilities, Literature & Books Last updated Nov 18, 2006 whichbook.net
A database of book, audio book, and large print titles, searchable by trait (including Demanding, Disgusting, Disturbing, Happy, and Funny), and by charcter type, plot elements, and setting. Each record includes comments, sometimes an extract, and suggested similar titles of "fiction and poetry in paperback written in or translated into English and published (with very few exceptions) since 1995." Books are reviewed by staff of British libraries and literature organizations. Formerly known as Book Forager. http://www.whichbook.net/ Topics: Librarianship, Literature & Books, Poetry Last updated Nov 16, 2006 |
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