| With advancements in technology came the new | | | | devices like MP3 players or copied onto a disc to be |
| arrival of what are now known as audiobooks. | | | | played in your stereo system. Once you have |
| Audiobooks are downloadable and come in many | | | | downloaded the audiobook file you can make multiple |
| different formats, the two most dominant are MP3 | | | | copies of the file and store it on the other devices. |
| and WMA formats. | | | | Since audiobooks come in Mp3 or WMA format they |
| Audio books can be played on all sorts of media | | | | never get torn, wear with age or get damaged by |
| from MP3 players, computers, or other devices that | | | | other substances. They do not get scratch or |
| support either or both these formats. Audiobooks | | | | become unplayable like compact discs do. You can |
| have many advantages over normal books as they | | | | make extra copies or multi copies it makes no |
| don't take up room in your house. You can store | | | | difference to the quality of the audiobook. |
| hundreds if not thousands of audiobooks on a device | | | | Audio books are fantastic for people with any visual |
| like an MP3 player and the only room they take up is | | | | impairment. They can listen to books without the |
| megabytes space on the hard drive of the device. | | | | need to read via Braille. As well people with vision |
| Whereas say 1,000 normal books would take a lot | | | | impairment can listen to any book they have ever |
| more space in your home than 1,000 audiobooks | | | | wanted to read as most publishers are making |
| would. | | | | available new releases plus older books in audio form. |
| Audiobooks can be downloaded straight away from | | | | Audio books are great for little children as well as |
| the internet. You can go straight to a website find | | | | older juveniles. Younger children don't need to be able |
| the audiobook you want and simply click to download | | | | to read to listen to a great audiobook and older |
| the file. Depending on the size of the file depends on | | | | juveniles can listen to audiobooks more advanced for |
| the time it takes to download but in all it should not | | | | their age as they listen and don't need any |
| take more than a few minutes to download. As well | | | | comprehension of the written text which is more |
| as instant download you can almost certainly start | | | | advanced for their age. |
| listening to the audiobook straight away as long as | | | | Audio books can be enjoyed while doing other tasks |
| the device you have plays either MP3 or WMA. On a | | | | such as washing, exercising, jogging, sitting, sitting in |
| computer you can play them with your standard | | | | a waiting room or while lying on the beach. |
| media player, it's that simple. Once the audiobook is | | | | Audiobooks give you the ability to do more than one |
| on your computer you can start listening to it. | | | | thing at once. As you can see from just these few |
| There's no waiting for it to arrive in the post or at | | | | examples audiobooks have a lot more advantages |
| your local bookshop. | | | | over normal books and audibooks may well be the |
| The audiobook can also be copied over to other | | | | way books go in the future. |