About Audio Book Products and Services
Audio books are for Relaxation and Education
Audio books are a great alternative to printed books. They offer you hands-free enjoyment and educational enhancement. You can listen to a book at home while cooking or doing chores. They are a great way to shorten the flight time for your business trip, or a car trip while on vacation. Or just get completely involved in a novel while sunning at the beach.
You can use a self improvement audio books to keep you motivated, delve into one of the latest novels, or kick back with a romance audio book. Consider listening to an old-time radio drama or the latest mystery. Memoirs by famous persons also make for excellent listening.
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Downloadable Audio BooksMany audio books are available to buy via instant download in MP3 format. These can then be copied to CDs or played directly on you MP3 player or iPod. Most audio book programs are by subscription where you get 1 or 2 audio books every month (and you get to keep them!) Thousands of titles are available in almost every subject. You may be able to buy a single audio book without a subscription, however this cost will be higher.
Audible provides both options of a monthly subscription where you can cancel at any time, or the ability to purchase a single title. Right now, Audible has a Free Trial Offer for 1 Audio Book. Browse and choose from the largest selection of digital audio books available (60,000+) New releases, radio shows, audio newspapers, magazines, podcasts & more. Latest Titles and Topics. Download to BlackBerry & cell Phones too!
eMusic has a great introductory offer, where you can download 1 free audio book in MP3 format from among 1000's of titles.
If you want to save money and don't want to keep a specific title in your audio book library, renting audio books is a great way to go. Audio book rental programs are typically by subscription and work like dvd rental programs. Audio book rental services send audio books by mail to your home on CDs. Just as with buying, there are many titles available. Shipping is usually at no additional cost and is covered by the subscription. Harry Potter fans will find all 7 Harry Potter Titles here!