| Technology brings us new products every week and | | | | you can copy it onto a cd yourself or onto an mp3 |
| sometimes keeping up with the trends can seem to | | | | player. |
| be a full time job. | | | | Both of these are easy processes and mean that |
| In the next few paragraphs I will answer a few of | | | | your book is now very portable. You will be able to |
| the most common questions to do with audio books, | | | | listen to your book wherever you can take your cd |
| what they are and who can use them. | | | | player or mp3 player, in other words, pretty much |
| Firstly, what are audio books?? | | | | anywhere. In the car, walking, at the beach, doing |
| Audio Books are quite simply a book that has been | | | | housework, traveling interstate or overseas, etc... |
| recorded as an audio version so that you can have | | | | What is a dramatized audio book? |
| the book read to you, rather than you having to | | | | A dramatized audio book is a book that is narrated |
| read the hardcopy yourself. | | | | using a full cast, music and sound effects so that you |
| Where can I get an audio book from?? | | | | get a real life dramatization of the book. |
| You can buy audio books from the bookstore, as | | | | What is an abridged audio book? |
| you would a normal hardcopy book, but the more | | | | An abridged audio book is one that has been |
| popular option these days is to buy one online and | | | | shortened to read more like a story. It is not read |
| download it straight to your home computer. | | | | word for word. |
| There are several advantages to this. The most | | | | What is an unabridged audio book? |
| obvious one is the convenience of not having to | | | | An unabridged audio book is one that is read word |
| leave the house and fight with other customers. The | | | | for word from the original hardcopy. |
| other is that, quite often, downloadable audio books | | | | These are a few answers to questions people may |
| are cheaper than store bought ones. | | | | have on audio books. Audio books have so many |
| There are many websites that you can download | | | | advantages especially if you are able to download |
| audio books from. My favourite is | | | | them off the internet yourself. |
| They have a huge range of titles. | | | | They can make excellent gifts if you were to copy a |
| The download process is simple. | | | | book onto cd and make a personalized cover for the |
| There is no extra software to install and best of all... | | | | case. |
| No membership that you have to sign up for. (Many | | | | Not only are you giving the gift of reading, but you |
| sites charge a monthly fee to be a member of their | | | | are introducing them to the world of audio books and |
| site) | | | | all its advantages. |
| What do I use to listen to an audio book? | | | | So start browsing the endless list of titles today. At |
| If you buy an audio book from a store it will already | | | | they even have a FREE audio book available every |
| be on cassette or cd. | | | | month so you can trial their easy 3 step system risk |
| If you download one from the internet, you will be | | | | free. |
| able to listen to it straight from your computer, or | | | | Catch up on your reading today!! |