Also, for devices with Bluetooth functionality and / or a 3.5 mm headphone jack or speaker,
audiobook players like Audible or Scribd can transform a basic e-reader into something that can be used in the gym or on a hike, meaning that sore eyes don't have to get in the way of finishing a good book.
Not exact matches
I'd
like to share a Web site called LibriVox, which provides free, downloadable
audiobooks from the public domain: Users download the
audiobooks in MP3 format and listen to them on their computer or copy them onto an MP3
player.
mp3s, digital
players, and
audiobook subscription services
like Audible has caused an uptick in
audiobooks, and, predictably, Amazon has heard that call.
I also
liked the sleep mode option, where you can have the
player automatically stop the
audiobook after a certain amount of time.
Now with the Eole download service that AVH has launched in April, users can actually download the
audiobooks and listen on a suitable device, which can be anything
like a smartphone, tablet, a PC, or special media
players that would read aloud the books.
Since many indie authors and smaller publishers are new to the world of
audiobooks, I thought you might
like to have a quick overview of the 7
players on an
audiobook production team: