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ThoughtAudio: Lots of Free Full Audio Books

]]> If you are looking for downloadable audio books, ThoughtAudio.com is a good place to start. It lists lots of free full audio books. The collection consist of books from classic literature, history and philosophy, and includes well known titles such as The Call of the Wild, Sidhartha, Metamorphosis… etc. You can browse books, listen to them online and download the ones you like as an mp3 file.

free full audio books

Features:

  • Download free online audio books in MP3 format.
  • Download as many book as you like.
  • Browse books and listen online.
  • Free and no registration.
  • Paid account that provides Ziped downloadss also available.
  • Similar sites: NewFiction, WellToldTales, PodioBooks and LibriVox.

Check out ThoughtAudio @ www.thoughtaudio.com



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PodShifter: Speed Up Podcasts For Faster Play

]]> Ever subscribed to a podcast where presenter talked really slow? There are countless of podcasts on the web that would be considerably better if they were presented faster. Same applies to the audio books narrated by a really slow reader. And that’s exactly where PodShifter can help. It can easily make podcasts up to 2 or even 3 times faster.

To speed up a podcast or any other audio feed simply enter its RSS feed, set how much faster/slow you want it to make (from 0.6x to 3x) and hit on the “shift it” button. The application will process you request and give a new revised feed from where you can hear the speed-up version.

speed up podcasts

Features:

  • Speed up slow-paced podcasts and audio books.
  • Speed up as many podcasts as you like.
  • Customize speed: From 0.6 times upto 3 times.
  • Works on almost on any RSS feed.
  • Free, no sign-up required.

Check out PodShifter @ www.podshifter.com (via LH Australia)



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NewFiction: Really Cool Free Audio Books Site

]]> NewFiction brings you new generation audio books. Here you can freely subscribe to a variety of cool iSoaps (new type of audio books similar to old-time serial radio dramas) and listen to them online. The site takes original stories and dramatizes them with voices of dedicated actors and actresses.

online audio books

You can play episodes online, get it as podcast and play it in your feedreader, or download play episodes on your portable device (iPod, cell phone, or PDA device)

NewFiction

Moreover, site lets you interact with other users, meet new people and discuss your favorite iSoaps. And if you have writing, artistic or musical skills, NewFiction invites you to submit your own work or collaborate on current projects. If they like your works they might even help you to produce and promote it.

Features:

  • Subscribe and listen to iSoaps (audio books) online
  • Get iSoaps delivered via web, podcast, or email.
  • Play audio books on your computer, iPod, cell phone, or PDA device.
  • Interact with other users and disscuss your favorite iSoaps.
  • Submit your own stories.

Check out NetFiction @ www.newfiction.com



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Project Gutenberg : The Ultimate Source of Free eBooks

]]> Project Gutenberg is the oldest and largest producer of free and public domain ebooks (electronic books). The site has over 25.000 of free ebooks in its catalog and boasts over 3 million ebook downloads a month. There are books for everyone here, including many classics such as Shakespeare. Majority of books available in text, mobile and audio formats.

Project Gutenberg Library - Free and legal ebook downloads

You can search books by author name, title and even search within the contents of the book. Or if you are not sure where to start then you might want to check out top 100 most downloaded books for the previous day.

Features:

  • Search books catalog by author name or title.
  • Advanced search: Filter books by subject, language, category, filetype, etc.
  • Browse books by popularity, book author, title, language or recently posted.
  • Download ebooks directly from the website or via FTP.
  • Download certain ebooks in HTML, plain text, plucker (mobile) or audio format (human-read).
  • Read ebooks on your Palm, PDA or smartphone.
  • Books available in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, etc.
  • Get RSS feeds for recently added books.

Please keep in mind, while the service is leagl in the United States it may not be the case for the some other countries. So make sure to check the copyright laws of your country before downloading a book.

Go to Project Gutenberg @ www.gutenberg.org



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WellToldTales

]]> WellToldTales is a podcast-like service that delivers entertaining audio tales on a twice-weekly basis.

    From the website: “The Well Told Tales podcast brings you original short stories in the sci-fi, horror and hardboiled genres. Think of them as audiobooks, only shorter — 15 to 35 minutes, the perfect length for your commute, workout, whatever.“

Features:

  • New stories are released on the the first and 15th of the month (or thereabouts.)
  • Listen to stories online or download them to your PC, iPod, etc.
  • Sunsbdcribe via iTunes
  • Monitor new stories via RSS
  • Comment-on/rate stories

Go to WellToldTales (http://www.welltoldtales.com/)



WellToldTales

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PodioBooks

]]> Search and browse through a variety of totally free and 100% legal audio books.

Features:

  • Download or stream any books. Get favorite books on your iPod
  • Browse books by categories (Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Science-fiction etc)
  • Browse by popularity (Daily or Monthly Top 10, Overall Top rated etc)
  • Subscribe to receive updates on all OR for the selected book (daily, weekly etc)

Visit: PodioBooks



PodioBooks

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