Audible.com is the world leading supplier
of digital spoken word content with over 5,000 titles
excluding subscriptions meaning you will never be bored again!
The fact that you don’t even need to carry a book around
will let you read more books than you ever thought possible.
When you’re on the road, walking,
or just to tight on space to carry any books having
thousands of books in the palm of you hand is too
perfect.
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Audible.com works through possibly the
best overall web-based interface you have or ever will lay eyes
on. The interface lets you have a wish-list and search for
books and subscriptions through either a basic or advanced
search.
You can listen to your finds on Audible's
own "Muvu" included FREE with purchase of a 12 month
subscription is a 128 MB digital audio player. This MP3 player
plays up to 34 hours of Audible content in formats 2 and 3, as
well as your favorite MP3 and Windows Media audio files.
Compact and lightweight ,only 1.38 (with battery) ounces, the
Muvu fits in the palm of your hand.
The Apple iPod is also a excellent way to
listen to list to your Audible.com content. It’s lighter
than two CDs, can hold up to 10,000 songs, thousands of digital
photos and works as a personal voice recorder. Now you can sync
with iTunes for Mac and Windows at blazing speeds, and take
your entire music collection with you wherever you go.
Available for Mac and Windows starting at $299. You can also
burn most of them to a CD or listen to them through Apple excellent
iTunes software.
Audible.com’s selection of books
grows by 150 each week which makes finding the right one
ridiculously easy. You can choose from many categories
including:
History
Fiction
Classics
Art & Entertainment
There is also free content that you will
actually want to hear. Plus there are subscriptions you can
subscribe too. Most of the subscriptions are are weekly
though some are daily like The
Wall Street Journal. A sample of
the subscriptions would be Car
Talk, Fresh Air, and Your Mac Life.
When you purchase a book from Audible.com
it lets you download it in 4 different formats. All of the
formats are extremely compressed yet they still sound great.
Format 1 is telephone like format 2 is not bad format 3 is good
and format 4 is almost pristine
When you download something from
Audible.com it is yours FOREVER, that’s right forever,
you own it.
The service costs $15 for basic
membership which includes 1-month audio magazine, newspaper or
radio program plus one audiobook each month for $14.95 a month.
and $19.95 for non-basic which
includes any two audiobooks each month.
Conclusion
Audible.com is an excellent service that
makes it easy to read books, listen to your favorite radio
programs and all while in you car driving to work. The
web-based interface is fast and easy to use. And most
importantly you will enjoy you more of your day.
