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Score Free AudioBooks at BooksShouldBeFree

You can find quite a few free audiobooks online but they're frequently scattered all over. Save yourself the run around by checking out the thousands of free audiobooks cataloged at BookShouldBeFree.

BooksShouldBeFree houses thousands of books in the public domain, available as both MP3s and as iTunes format audiobooks. Each entry for a book includes links to the full text, supplemental text, and reviews.

The reviews are particularly helpful because they are specific to the actual audiobook recording and not just the book in general so you get feedback like "The use of character voices in this record was excellent" or "I love the story but this recording was a rather flat reading of the text.", information relevant to your enjoyment of the book in audio form.

BooksShouldBeFree is a free service and requires to registration to use. Have a favorite place to find free audio books? Let's hear about it in the comments.

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DanYHKim 07:51 AM

LibriVox (www.librivox.org):
"LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. The first step is to get the mp3 or ogg files into your own computer. . . .

LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books."

Learn Out Loud (www.learnoutloud.com)"
"LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning.
Browse over 20,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and videos."
Learn Out Loud has both free and for-sale audiobooks and podcasts for download.

The National Academies Press (www.nap.edu) has reports and podcasts by the National Academies online, many free to download. Those books that are for purchase can often be read by chapter online, and often have free executive summaries. Reply

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