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10 Of The Best Free Audiobooks From BooksShouldBeFree That You Should Listen To

Posted on 07 December 2010. Tags: Audiobooks, Best, BooksShouldBeFree, Free, from, Listen, Should

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Audiobooks are great for people who find themselves with moments where they’re awake, but have other things they need to do with their hands. Driving, cooking, nursing or knitting are all things people can normally do at the same time as listening to something. Listening to audiobooks is a great way to multitask during those times of day and add a little culture.

Thanks to public domain archives like class="vt-p" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page">Project Gutenberg and class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/user-drive-public-domain-audiobooks-from-librivox">LibriVox, there’s plenty of great audiobooks available free to download. I’m personally a big fan of browsing for free audiobooks using class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/">BooksShouldBeFree because I like the interface, extra links, genre search, top 100 list and related book suggestions.

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A quick look at the main page will show you all the obvious popular classics like class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/beowulf">Beowulf, class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/the-iliad-by-homer-translated-by-samuel-butler">The Iliad, class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll">Alice in Wonderland, class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/the-voyages-of-doctor-dolittle-by-hugh-lofting">Doctor Dolittle, class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/fairy-tales-by-the-brothers-grimm">Grimm’s Fairytales, class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/king-lear-by-william-shakespeare">King Lear and works by authors such as class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/war-and-peace-book-01-by-leo-tolstoy">Tolstoy, Jane Austen and Jules Verne. This is a good start.

Are you not sure which free audiobooks to listen to? Well that’s where this list comes in. Here’s a selection of not-so-obvious audiobooks which are widely regarded as great books and are available free via BooksShouldBeFree.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/the-war-of-the-worlds-by-h-g-wells-group">1. War Of The Worlds – H.G. Wells

There’s a good reason this classic science fiction work was worked into music, film and popular culture — because it’s great! Get back to roots by listening to the original, unaltered 1890′s story. Also see the class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/invisible-man-by-h-g-wells">Invisible Man.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/night-and-day-by-virginia-woolf">2. Night And Day – Virginia Woolf

Slip into the start of the 20th century with Night and Day. This is a book for Jane Austen lovers who need a little twist. Covering many similar themes to Austen, Woolf provides social commentary with a little humour.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/walden-by-henry-david-thoreau">3. Walden, or Life In The Woods – Henry David Thoreau

Ostensibly, this is a book about survival, adventure and self-reliance. Ultimately though, Walden is also about finding your own path and breaking free from expectations. Great listening for the commuter with big dreams!

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/something-new-by-pg-wodehouse">4. Something Fresh: A Blandings Story – P.G. Wodehouse

Wodehouse is a comic genius who was loved by Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and many more. “Something Fresh” is one of Wodehouse’s most popular texts, so it is likely to be appreciated by all comedy lovers.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes">5. The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

If you’re getting into the BBC’s Sherlock Holmes series, now is the time to re-visit the original. Get a feel for the original Sherlock Holmes character in order to fully appreciate the re-make.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/erewhon-by-samuel-butler">6. Erewhon – Samuel Butler

Here’s a taste of Victorian fantasy with a touch of dystopia. The book uses this front to showcase hypocrisy in Victorian ideals.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/madame-bovary-by-gustave-flaubert">7. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert

The character of Emma Bovary will resonate well with all the house-bound parents, people living in rural areas, travel-hungry nomads and people who run up a little too much credit at times. Live vicariously through her mistakes instead of making your own.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/beyond-good-and-evil-by-friedrich-nietzsche">8. Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude To A Philosophy of the Future – Friedrich Nietzsche

Get stuck into some classic philosophy with Beyond Good and Evil. Nietzsche used this novel to enlighten readers about their moral complacency and to guide them away from the herd mentality. This could be just the book to read for someone stuck in the rat race. If you’re into philosophy, see also Descartes’ class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/discourse-on-the-method-by-rene-descartes">Discourse on Method and Pascal’s class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/pensees_by_blaise_pascal">Pensées.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/candide01">9. Candide – Voltaire

Voltaire’s Candide is the perfect book for people sick of cheery optimism. Voltaire wanted to get rid of the idea that we live in the best of all possible worlds: sometimes life is pretty bleak. The message is delivered amidst a story of human resilience and dark humour.

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class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/tom-sawyer-by-mark-twain">10. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer’s story is a joy to all who love the little things in life and want to live every moment to the fullest. Mark Twain wrote about kids in an attempt to capture that spirit and remind adults of those times and adventures. Also see class="vt-p" href="http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-by-mark-twain">Huckleberry Finn.

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Best MP3 players for audiobooks

Posted on 18 August 2010. Tags: Audiobooks, Best, Players

I am new to this forum. I love reading books, listen audiobooks. As I travel a lot for business purpose. I am looking for mp3 player that can play audiobooks very easily and very fluently. Can anyone tell me which is best MP3 players for audiobooks? Any help will be help full.
Thanks in advanced.

Re: Best MP3 players for audiobooks
As per my knowledge you have to use iPod classic to play audiobooks.With 160GB of storage, iPod classic can hold up to 40,000 songs, 200 hours of video, or 25,000 photos.* That’s more than enough room for a day’s or a lifetime’s.Available in quintessential silver or striking black, iPod classic catches your eye with its sleek, all-metal enclosure composed of anodized aluminum and polished stainless steel.

Re: Best MP3 players for audiobooks
Most of the people use zune hd to play audiobooks. The new Zune HD 64 has enough room for a massive music and movie collection. And with Smart DJ picking the right tracks, you can sit back and let the good songs roll. Enhanced entertainment is vivid with an easy-to-use 3.3 inch touchscreen for all navigation. Watch HDmovies and TV shows, or shop for music from Zune Marketplace, all on your big screen HDTV.
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Re: Best MP3 players for audiobooks
To play audiobooks I can recommended you to ZEN X-Fi .The ZEN X-Fi2 now allows you to experience stellar X-Fi technology even with your stored movies and FM radio1, restoring audio to even higher levels of clarity than before. Immerse yourself in a naturallistening experience as the state-of-the-art X-Fi technology intelligently moves the earphone stereo source away from your ears, simulating an audio experience from a pair of high-end stereo speakers.

Re: Best MP3 players for audiobooks
As per my knowledge you have to use SanDisk Sansa® Clip MP3 Players. he colorful Sansa® Clip is a tiny MP3 player that boasts an array of cool features, as well as distinctively big sound for its small size. Perfect for the fitness buff or traveler, the compact Sansa Clip comes with a fashionable clip for wearing anywhere. Other features include: FM radio, microphone, long-lasting rechargeable battery and a bright screen for exceptionally easy navigation of tunes. The Sansa Clip comes in sleek black, candy apple red, hot pink and ice blue.

Re: Best MP3 players for audiobooks
As per my knowledge following Philips mp3 player support audiobooks.
1.GoGear Aria
2.GoGear Muse
3.GoGear Opus
4.GoGear Raga
5.GoGear Spark

Re: Best MP3 players for audiobooks
You can use one of the following mp3 player to play audiobooks.
1.All iPods
2.Jukebox ZEN Xtra or MuVo Micro N200 by creative
3.ibiza Rhapsody by haier
4.DM-420 by Olympus

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Here Is How To Import MP3 Audiobooks Into iTunes

Posted on 15 August 2010. Tags: Audiobooks, Here, import, into, iTunes

Steps on how to import MP3 audiobooks into iTunes.

Do you remember the time when people listened to vinyl records? Probably not. Well, the vinyl record is the grandfather of the compact disc. The basic audio CD format most people know has been everywhere for over two decades now.

For this reason, when it comes to audiobooks, CDs are the most popular digital format.

Over time, additional formats came about which worked to the benefit of the audiobook industry. MP3 CDs were developed in the past five years. This format is so compatible for audiobooks because the audiodata is stored in the MP3 format that is compressed. Usually it is the audio that is fit within the disk space, therefore the low quality format.

Of course, music lovers do not want low quality music. The same goes out to the lovers of listening to audiobooks. Low resolution MP3 CDs do not sound great at all. Audiobooks may fit on one MP3 CD but the purchaser must make sure that it is of good quality.

But there are those who can just import their MP3 audiobooks into iTunes. When this is done, it is easier to organize your library.

1. Insert the iTunes CD and let it lead you to the Desktop or the option with the My Computer icon.

2. Open the CD using Windows Explorer or Finder. Locate ???playlist.m3u??? file.

3. Click twice (double-click) so that you can open it with your iTunes. If iTunes does not pop up automatically, you can bring it out manually.

4. The CD will automatically play simultaneously as iTunes start importing the selected files that have been obtained from your playlist.

5. Press the Play button twice so that the playback will end.

6. Let iTunes finish importing the MP3 files from the MP3 CDs. This may take quite a long time (depends on how fast your optical drive is) but when it does finish the importing process, iTunes analyzes the sound volume of each track. Take some time to finish that one too.

7. Your main goal is to have a window showing all of your imported tracks.

8. Choose all the tracks to create the audiobook. From the Advanced menu, select the Convert Selection and change it to AAC. This will eventually convert the tracks of your audiobook from the large MP3s to a smaller AAC file.

9. Converting your MP3 files to AAC or any audio format is said to be a bad idea because there is a possibility that the quality of the audio might be degraded. The whole purpose of importing MP3 files to AAC is to throw out the unnecessary audio information in order to make the files smaller.

10. It may take much of your time but patience is the key. As soon as it finishes importing, make sure that you duplicate each track on your library.

11. Click on the Kind column so you can begin sorting out the files. Making it easier for you to choose all the MP3 files, you can press the Delete key so that you can throw out all the items from your iTunes Library. Afterwards, press the Move to Trash icon that is located in the dialog appearing on the page. This is for you to be able to recover some disk space.

12. Again, this will take some time. From the File option, select Get Info. For short cut, you can press Command (Control Key) and letter I. This will open the Multiple Song Information window.

13. You can edit all the information by inputting the chapter to chapter, author, book title and genre of the Audiobook on your library. You can edit it in the exact same way you put the information such as track to track, Artist, Album and Genre for your music files.

You can always switch to the Options panel in order for you to check the Skip when shuffling as well as the Remember playback position.

For the Remember playback position, the iPod and the iTunes allow the file to be bookmarked. This is very convenient for iPod audiobook listeners because it can serve like a bookmark to a novel they are reading. Only this time, when you press play, it will automatically start where you left it.

Transferring your MP3 CDs to iTunes may be difficult but if you are investing on audiobooks, you might as well have patience and go through the entire process once for a lifetime of listening enjoyment.

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