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Booksshouldbefree: Get free downloadable audio books in mp3 & iTunes format

TehseenBaweja — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:01:04 +0000

Acting on the belief that books should be free for everyone, this website brings you thousands of free downloadable audio books in either MP3 or iTunes format. You can search for a book by title, author, keyword or browse through the collection by categories such as fiction, history and romance.

An audio preview of each book is available before you start downloading it. In addition to a very detailed description about the book, links are also provided to the full text of the book and also related Wikipedia articles. Each book listing also contains user reviews and ratings. The website contains free audio books in over a dozen languages that can be downloaded with a single click.

Features :

Download thousands of free audio books.
Download as MP3 or iTunes format.
Free audio preview included for each book.
Search by title or browse through categories.
No registration required.
Similar sites: AudioOwl, ThoughtAudio, NewFiction, WellToldTales, PodioBooks and LibriVox.

Visit BooksShouldBeFree @ www.booksshouldbefree.com

AudioOwl: Get Free Audio Books For iPod

abhijeet — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:37:09 +0000

AudioOwl is an online repository of free audio books for iPod or any other Mp3 player. The audio books are neatly categorized under genres like children, adventure, fiction, comedy, fantasy and many more. You could either browse books by genre or search for them by title, author or keyword. When you click on a book, it provides you a brief description of the book, an audio preview and two download links – for iTunes and as mp3 files for each chapter in a zipped folder.

You would find the quality of audio recordings in the books to be quite good. That’s because the site fetches its downloads from Librivox where books are read and recorded by volunteers.

Features:

Free audio books download site.
Browse books by genre or search for them.
Download in the iTunes format or as mp3 file.
Downloads fetched from Librivox.
Similar tools: ThoughtAudio, NewFiction, WellToldTales, PodioBooks and LibriVox.

Check out AudioOwl@ www.audioowl.com (By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

ThoughtAudio: Lots of Free Full Audio Books

Kaly — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:30:48 +0000

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.

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

NewFiction: Really Cool Free Audio Books Site

Kaly — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:27:44 +0000

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.

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)

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

Yodio: Give Voice to your Pictures and Stories

abhijeet — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:50:00 +0000

Do you love narrating stories with pictures instead of just writing them down and publishing them online with pictures ? If yes, then Yodio could be the right choice for you. It lets you upload your favorite pictures and add your voice to them i.e you can narrate your story behind those favorite pictures. It is a free web based service and in fact you can even put your Yodios for sale which would fetch of 20% of the revenue generated from them.

How it works ?

Also check Earfl , a site which I described earlier and does almost a similar job.

Check out Yodio @ www.yodio.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )