Is there a good place to rent audio books???

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Is there a good place to rent audio books???

Post by srbliss » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:23 am

Something along the lines of Netflix for audiobooks. I have found a few places online - just looking for recomendations.
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Post by reinhard » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:35 pm

The public library.

My local library is part of a larger network, and you can do interlibrary loan through the website. The network has pretty much everything in terms of books on tape/cd, and they'll deliver to your local branch. It's like a free netflix.

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Great

Post by srbliss » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:11 pm

I was hoping for something like that. I never even thought of the interlibrary loan system for audiobooks.
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Post by JWL » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:55 pm

If you are up for downloading and burning to CD (or importing mp3s directly into your iPod-like-thingamahookie) try these (all free and legal):

http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/
http://librivox.org/completed-books/
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1
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Post by srbliss » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:24 am

JWL wrote:If you are up for downloading and burning to CD (or importing mp3s directly into your iPod-like-thingamahookie) try these (all free and legal):

http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/
http://librivox.org/completed-books/
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1
Thanks for the links - I will be trying them soon.
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Post by Spudd » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:09 pm

Or if you want to pay, audible.com has an excellent service. $15/mo (approx) for one book per month. Or pay as you go. There's a more expensive service that lets you get 2 books per month, but I don't know how much that costs, because I don't use that one.

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Post by reinhard » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:35 pm

I've used audible too. It's a good service. I got rid of it during a massive cost cutting crusade only because there were cheaper (if less convenient) ways to get audiobooks. I also just like small tracks on cds instead of the massive whoppers you tend to get from downloadable audio.

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Audio Books

Post by zeahpug » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:21 pm

It's not rental, per se, but I use paperbackswap.com for books on cd. also you can find some quite cheap used on amazon.
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Audio Book Recommendation

Post by zeahpug » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:54 pm

Just Finished "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. Absolutely Great!
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Audio Book Downloads

Post by zeahpug » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:48 pm

Just happened to notice that my public library's website has free audio book downloads. Might be worth checking your own Library.
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Post by jessdr » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:51 pm

There's also podiobooks.com. Some are not very good, but some are fantastic.

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Recorded Books

Post by JackHacket » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:12 pm

This site offers superb audio book rentals. I haven't used them because I'm in Germany and they are US-based, but I'd love to. Maybe there's something there for American rangers:

http://www.recordedbooks.com/

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Post by Steveanon » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:31 pm

Here's a good site for Audio Books

http://www.audiobookemporium.no-ip.com/index.php

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Post by sophiasapientia » Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:13 pm

I'm an avid audiobook listener. I get many from the library and have an Audible membership. My other favorite place to get books and audios is Paperbackswap.com, a free book swapping site (you just pay postage to mail books that others want and can order books in return.)
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