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Audio Books – The Big Wave of the Future
July 15th, 2010
Are we losing hours in a day or are we just getting busier and having less time to do all things that we want? It has come to the point where time has become our most precious and coveted commodity, even surpassing money in many instances. How can we "get back" some of those lost hours? One way is listening to audio books and it has become a red hot new trend that is sweeping the nation. Studies show that less Americans today are buying printed books and converting to audio books. In fact right now, one-third more people are listening to audio books and it’s estimated that downloadable audio books will outsell printed books by huge quantities within just a few more years.
Why are more people switching over to downloadable audio books? People are busier nowadays than ever before and are forced to give up much of their leisurely time. They have hectic schedules and busy lifestyles and must multi-task to make their day more productive. Listening to audio books puts a lot of "dead time" to good use. You can listen to audio books while doing anything at all. Hear your favorite novels while exercising, walking your dog, cooking or doing chores around the house. Listen to them while shopping, running errands, commuting or traveling. The possibilities are virtually endless.
Audio books serve a large variety of uses. They can be used for studying, learning a new skill, developing your inner self, meditating, relaxing and reducing stress. Audio books are perfect for people learning a foreign language because you can clearly hear the correct pronunciation and it’s almost like having your very own teacher there right beside you. Audio books are most ideal for the visually impaired and people who suffer from dyslexia.
Downloadable audio books offer many advantages. Thousands of titles are available all the time from world leading publishers. More best sellers and popular titles are available every month from top selling authors and the figures are growing exponentially. Audio books are very convenient, portable and affordable. Many sell for as little as a few dollars and some are even free. In many ways they are more economical than printed books in that it saves a countless numbers of trees every year. The quality of audio books nowadays is excellent and far superior to the ones that were made years ago. Today’s audio books contain any number of narrators and characters and are filled with realistic sound effects and background music. This makes them much more dramatic, exciting and entertaining. Audio books are easy to download quickly and can be converted to any format that you choose. They are yours to keep and they’ll practically last forever.
Which format is the best to use for listening to audio books? It really depends on each person’s personal preferences. The oldest format is the cassette tape which offers a number of advantages. They are durable and convert easily to a CD and they won’t bend or snap like a CD. They are simple to use and resume play once the tape has been stopped. Cassette tapes are easier to play for children, many elderly and "technically challenged" individuals. Many elderly people have difficulty reading small print in books and a good number of individuals are either blind or dyslexic, so they can all find audio books on tape the answer to their prayers. However, cassette tapes do pose a few drawbacks. The recording quality is somewhat more inferior compared with the other available formats. Tapes can wear out quicker and sometimes the ribbon gets twisted, broken or "eaten" inside the player. Cassette tapes are becoming harder to find and will eventually become obsolete.
More popular audio book formats are CD, MP3 and iPod. They all offer much better digital sound and the overall quality is much higher than conventional cassette tapes. CD’s can be played on any PC, DVD player, car audio system and Play Station video game consoles. MP3’s and iPods are the most compact formats of all and are gaining huge popularity. All formats have their good points and drawbacks. Everyone should choose the format which best works for them. Whatever your decision, audio books are the best thing since sliced bread.
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Top Ten Websites to Download Free E-Books
July 8th, 2010
Countless freebies can be downloaded over the Internet anytime, depending upon experience of a user and skillfulness in browsing the web. Most people are interested in free e-books for providing themselves with different types of knowledge. Despite those e-books are shared free of charge among readers around the world, some of them are even qualified for academic reference. Free e-book reader application software downloads are also available in most of them. The following list of websites will be useful for the ones who are eager to look for free e-books.
(1) free-ebooks. net
In this website, one can find varieties of links to the information needed. Anyone can join this website and sign up for free. To get started a category can be selected or browsed by the title of the book.
(2) freebookspot. com
FreeBookSpot is an online source of free e-books download. There are 4485 free e-books in 96 categories which storage is up to 71, 97 GB. Search and download is available to get free books in various categories like scientific, engineering, programming, fiction and many other books. No registration is required to download free e-books.
(3) gutenberg. org
There are nearly 30000 free books in the Project Gutenberg which is named after German printing pioneer, Gutenberg. Not only common readers but also researchers and scholars can depend upon the reference source available in this website.
(4) e-book. com. au/freebooks
The Internet Public Library provides over 20000 free books available online. Another link to this website is http://www. ipl. org [http://www.%20ipl.%20org]. Even daily newspapers or weekly and monthly magazines around the world also can be read free.
(5) getfreeebooks. com
Getfreeebooks. com is a free e-books site where free books can be downloaded totally free. The e-books which one can find within this site are collected from all around the globe. There are a lot of fiction and non-fiction e-books for every reader’s choice.
6) ebookdirectory. com
This website provides readers with different useful links. Downloadable amount covers 20000 free e-books which include computer, self-improvement, literature, business, publishing, children and more. Every free e-book seeker should not miss directory contents available there.
(7) onlinefreeebooks. net
OnlineFreeEBooks provides links to various e-books (mostly in PDF) spanning in 9 big categories which are: Automotive E-books, Business E-books, Engineering E-books, Gadget E-books, Hardware E-books, Health & Medical E-books, Hobbies E-books, Programming & Technology E-books, Sport & Martial Art E-books.
(8) ebooklobby. com
Free e-books in eBookLobby are divided into different categories which range from business, art, computing, technology education and so on. Any appropriate category of e-books can be searched and downloaded according to need.
(9) onlinecomputerbooks. com
OnlineComputerBooks contains details about free computer books, free e-books, free online books and sample chapters related to Information Technology, Computer Science, Internet, Business, Marketing, Math, Physics and Science which are provided by publishers or authors.
(10) freetechbooks. com
FreeTechBooks lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes, all of which are legally and freely available over the Internet. Throughout FreeTechBooks, other terms are used to refer to a book, such as e-book, text, document, monogram or notes.
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Audio Books – The Cure for Treadmill Boredom
July 2nd, 2010
I used to dread the time I have to spend on my treadmill several times a week.
It really was a love/hate affair.
It’s not that using a treadmill is all that difficult, painful or uncomfortable.
However, it can be the most painfully boring activity known to man.
Or I should say it used to be. Now, I have finally found the cure for
treadmill boredom. It’s called audio books and they are all the rage right now.
Audio books have exploded on the scene over the last couple of years.
Actually, audio books have been around for more than 50 years in the form of
books on tape, which were popularized a long time ago by the Lighthouse for
the Blind as it was called then. (It’s now called the Lighthouse for the Blind and
Visually Impaired.)
Later, public libraries began to offer books on tape. With the CD explosion that
occurred in the Fall of 2003, it was inevitable that audio books would begin to be
produced on CDs. Although CDs had been around for a number of years, it was
in the Fall of 2003 that most new automobiles came with CD players instead of
audio cassette players.
After that, most audio products were being produced on CDs instead of audio
cassettes, though some vendors produced both formats.
Now, most public libraries offer a large selection of audio books on CDs. Department
stores do as well. And of course, there are abundant websites that offer an even
bigger selection of audio books on CD, often at a considerable discount.
What is really new, however, is the trend toward offering downloadable
audio books online. This provides the added benefit of immediate availability in
addition to the lower price that is made possible by the very low cost of production
and distribution compared to the traditional method. There is a near zero cost of
production and distribution. The vendors main costs are the acquisition of the
product license and advertising.
The increasing prevalence of high-speed Internet connections has made it practicable
to download the large files required for CD-Quality audio books.
In many cases, when you purchase an audio book online, you get an immediate
download of the product, and are permitted to transfer it to a CD or to an iPod(tm) or
other portable audio device.
This makes if possible to listen to your favorite book while driving, jogging, working out
in a gym, or even at work.
Some online websites, including my own, provide a 100% money-back guarantee that
offers an unconditional refund on any audio book, within 30 days of purchase if for any
reason you’re dissatisfied with your purchase.
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