I looked at Audible for books for long trips. I don't listen to books enough to make it worth my while to pay a membership. iTunes has audio books, some from audible.com. I've gotten a few of them. I'm not a fan of a one person read book unless the reader can do different voices very well. I like books that have different readers for the different voices. I've found a lot of the readers aren't very good readers, so I don't find myself really getting into the stories of audiobooks. I have many more iBooks and Kindle books. I read quite a bit at night in bed before sleep.
🐰 Alice
On May 10, 2012, at 12:25 AM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:
> Brandi,
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> There are plenty of other paid options, but I assumed since you were so specific about Overdrive and iBooks, that you wanted free options for spoken books.
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> I don't think there is a good solution to hear spoken digital text books, and if there was I am sure that the authors and publishers would fall upon it from high above.
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> My preferred source of audio books is Audible.com and their Platinum Annual plan. It brings most books down to below $10.
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> The reason I suggested that you check with your library to see if their was another library that you might access for more books you could digitally borrow, is because they are in the best position to know. Yes, I made that suggestion, also. What is available here, may be different in your neck of the woods. You might be able to access a local college or university library, but again your local librarian would be the first one I would check with. It does not matter what someone else located elsewhere has available to them. What matters is what is available to you if you want to access free books other than public domain books.
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> Brent
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> On May 9, 2012, at 6:15 PM, BKCorya wrote:
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> > Hi-
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> > Your post brought up some interesting points I hadn't thought of. I assumed overdrive was the only option for downloading. I wonder since I have the kindle app on my phone if that is an option? Might take a little reading or testing on my part.
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> > For anyone that already has experience downloading, I read one author recommend gaining a membership card to a larger library. I live in a VERY rural county and assumed you could only be a library member where you live. Does anyone hold multiple library memberships?
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> > Thank you
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> > --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@...> wrote:
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> > > Where did you see anything about iBooks reading text? I can not find it. If you are speaking of Accessibility and VoiceOver, I don't think you will like it. I just tried it. And you will probably not like the voice or the hoops you have to jump through to make it work.
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> > > I also believe that iBooks only accepts ePub and PDF format, formats that I don't think Overdrive offer.
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> > > There are other sources for free audio books, but they are mostly public domain books, in other words, books that are older and no longer have current copyrights.
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> > > I suggest that you look again at what your library offers or call them up and ask if they have an arrangement with another library system that you can access.
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> > > I know what you mean by the small selection. My county library carries way more WMA books than MP3, but luckily I have an extra iPod and BootCamp set up on my Mac, so I just check out the WMA for Windows books. Although one of my favorite authors has not give permission to transfer them to any Apple iDevice.
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> > > On May 9, 2012, at 6:18 AM, Brandi C wrote:
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> > > > Hi
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> > > > I am new to downloading books using Overdrive. So new in fact I have yet to download my first book!
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> > > > I have about a 3 hour commute to work each day and would like to use some of this time in order to keep current on reading. But, the selection of audio books is much smaller than the collection of digital format books. Is there a way I can download digital books through Overdrive from the library and then have them read out loud?
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> > > > From what I have read online, iBooks can read the text out loud, but, not sure how I could get the download from Overdrive over to iBooks?
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