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Also, most public libraries have extensive audiobook and ebook archives, and there are apps that bring all that content straight to your phone. If you live somewhere that has library access, you can greatly and easily expand your access to books, new and old through that method.
If you are looking for free german audio books, checkout<p>- <a href="https://www.vorleser.net/" rel="nofollow">https://www.vorleser.net/</a><p>For a free conversion tool, checkout<p>- <a href="https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool</a><p>- <a href="https://github.com/gonzoua/AudioBookBinder" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/gonzoua/AudioBookBinder</a><p>- <a href="https://github.com/yermak/AudioBookConverter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/yermak/AudioBookConverter</a>
If anyone is looking for some free modern genre fiction, I can highly recommend the Worm audiobook: <a href="http://audioworm.rein-online.org/" rel="nofollow">http://audioworm.rein-online.org/</a><p>It's longer than the entire Games of Thrones series, plenty of content there. It is a fan created recording and the early parts are a bit rough, but gets more professional over time and eventually becomes extremely polished.<p>This is a sample (standalone, relatively spoiler free since this is 100% flashback) chapter from the sequel story Ward. Read Worm first but this specific chapter can be read by itself. <a href="http://parahumanaudio.com/podcast/gleaming-9-x/" rel="nofollow">http://parahumanaudio.com/podcast/gleaming-9-x/</a>
Does anyone else have an issue with audiobooks as literature? Like, if I'm not able to control the pace at which I'm paying attention, it's problematic. I can't guarantee I'll pay 100 percent attention to noise that otherwise would almost be background to me. Regardless, the selection here is pretty bad-ass.
I considered whitelisting the website on uBlock but then I noticed 25+ different blocked requests (that number usually explodes after whitelisting too). Is this really necessary?
If your favourite book isn't available as an audiobook, give us a try:<p><a href="https://auditus.cc" rel="nofollow">https://auditus.cc</a>
Cool site, but for myself, I will stick with Audible because of the convenience. I have probably spent about $1000 on Audible books and I feel like that has been a good value, over many years.<p>Some advantages I have experienced:<p>When I read James Joyce "Ulysses" several years ago, it was somewhat difficult to follow the narrative. I then listened to it as an audio book with a half a dozen good actors reading the parts and the book came to life for me.<p>I have some arthritis in my hands, and any time not using a keyboard, holding a physical book, or an eBook reader helps.<p>When I am working in the yard, cleaning up the kitchen, etc. it is good to listen to a book.<p>The one thing that bothers me is the possibility of losing a large investment in Kindle and Audible books if I ever lost my Amazon account. I mitigate this somewhat by buying some eBooks and audio books on Google Play and on Apple's store. --> don't put all of your eggs in one basket.
Not what I expected to see: Iggy Pop reads Edgar Allan Poe<p><a href="http://www.openculture.com/2015/08/iggy-pop-reads-edgar-allan-poes-classic-horror-story-the-tell-tale-heart.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.openculture.com/2015/08/iggy-pop-reads-edgar-alla...</a>
Is there an app on iOS that indexes ubuweb, I noticed Junky read by Burroughs there which would be a fascinating listen, but it comes in lots of pieces and consuming it on the run seems somewhat tricky
I think this (pre-recorded) audio book thing is a short-term phenomenon that's creating an economic distortion. Recording audio books requires extra labor, but not much (how many person-hours does it take to record War and Peace compared to person-hours spent by each publisher publishing a new edition, even assuming the use of an existing translation?). Yet Audible rakes in huge amounts of cash by charging a premium (particularly popular titles) for audiobooks over regular ebooks. Sometimes it's because they get famous people to read books, which is a blatant cash grab by the voice artist and/or by Audible. You could find 10 people who have better reading voices than any particular famous person, unless your only objective is to hear your favorite famous person read a book, any book.<p>Also, subscription plans are designed around most people not using them fully, and not optimizing their purchases.<p>Soon enough neural net TTS + ebooks will be nearly equivalent, and doesn't cost any more than the base ebook. Plus TTS allows synchronizing between print and speech which you can't get between ebooks and audiobooks; i.e. it would be nice to read in print, then switch to TTS while commuting or working out, then back to print.