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Thank you!. I downloaded Walden and A Christmas Carol so far.

Oy, computer text to speech voices. Try as I might, I just can't listen to these.

If you like public domain books spoken by real speakers try:
http://librivox.org/

Maybe even start reading a few aloud yourself and help build the library.

I randomly sampled 10 of these and they were all Librivox recordings. It's very unfair of them to pull all Librivox's content then pad a bunch of advertisements onto the page. Especially when Librivox is add-free.

Librivox is kind enough to let these things slide, though they should at least receive acknowledgment and thanks for their efforts, on the web page.

"We had this discussion early on, and decided we didn't want to add any restrictions to the recordings we make, which are based on public domain books. This means others can use our recordings however they wish, including for commercial purposes. We would prefer if people acknowledged us if they do use our recordings, be we can't force them to. This makes some people uncomfortable, but the books we record are public domain, and we want our recordings to be public domain too." ~http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=881

The interface of this site is superior to Librivox, but should give credit on every page!

downloaded the invisible man. That's gonna be my assigned summer reading senior year. score!

Awesome! Thanks for sharing! I just downloaded 25 books.

This rocks!

@gratzy: Yeah, I was pretty disappointed when I didn't get the action thriller I was hoping for (they let us choose a book at that time).

Awesome site, thanks. Downloaded the Count of Monte Cristo, 1.4 GB. 0_0

@gratzy
Oh thanks. You're probably right. I'll look into that. I wonder if they've got the other one...

Are these easy enough to transfer to my smart phone and listen to them 'on the go'?

@chewbacchi: If your smartphone supports MP3s then it's very easy. However the stories take up a significant amount of space. Typically between 250MB-500MB. You may need to use an SD card if your phone supports one.

sweet!

Great, i was looking for something like this. Thanks

This is one of many sites that picks up recordings from LibrVox but doesn't credit where they got it. I've been recording for LibriVox for over 3 years and you get used to seeing (or I should say 'hearing') your stuff all over the place -- including eBay where people burn them onto CDs and sell them. Most sellers are pretty good about stating where they found the recordings but there are some that strip any mention of LibriVox from the files. Legally, they don't have to give LibriVox credit but it's nice when they do. :)

In the end, if it gets people to listen/enjoy the recordings, it's all good. :D Even better, if we get more members to record/proof-listen, etc.

Check out your local library system!! Our local system (Pioneer Library System in central Oklahoma) uses a service called Overdrive.
You can browse on-line and check out audiobooks or ebooks. Then download them to your computer. You can transfer them to your mp3 player if you desire. Since this is a public library service, it is free.

Great post! Thanks! =)

just like patndave mentioned, the public library system in Miami also has overdrive, and I have been using them for a while, you are also able to download movies along with ebooks and audiobooks.
However, I just happened to learn of their overdrive by chance, it is really really hard to find through their website. I would inquire to them directly, I know there are other libraries that may not have overdrive, but they have something similar.