Technology Tuesday: Online Audiobook Libraries

As a child of the eighties, I still slip up from time to time when I'm talking about "books on tape."  Of course, there's now a huge variety of ways to hear a book without having to drag our your old cassette player - and it's getting easier to get your hands on audio books every day!

First - and most recently - we have Audiobooks.com, who as of today are rolling out a new service that will let you access as many audio books as you want - out of their collection of 11,000 - for a fixed monthly fee.  This is new in the online world of audio books - usually there's a cap in how many recordings you can tap into each month.  For anyone with a long commute - this could be a lifesaver!  Read more about it on Mashable.

For those of you who want the audio book experience for free, there are alternatives!  Books with expired copyright can be recorded and shared online without charge.  Ranging from Sherlock Holmes books to stories by Edgar Allan Poe, you might be surprised by what you can find here.  For some quality book and short story recordings, you can check out LibriVox (where you can both record and listen to audio books), Verako, or the Telltale Weekly.

LibriVox: http://librivox.org/
Verako: http://verkaro.org/
Telltale Weekly: http://alexwilson.com/telltale/catalog/


Are you an audio book fan?  Where do you go to download your favorite books?