For those who often find themselves driving or those with a visual impairment, audio books have been a source of entertainment and knowledge. Prior to the advent of mp3s, these audio books had to be purchased on tapes or CDs at the local bookstore. Thanks to the internet, that is no longer necessary. Plenty of websites offer free books on tape in many genres and by many different authors. Some of
. those free books are just promotional offers, while others are fully free copies. For free audio books in the public domain, LibriVox.org is the best site to visit. They offer countless titles all the way from Eleanor Abbott to Israel Zangwill. The readings are done on a voluntary basis, and the site encourage those who love books to step up and read a novel or two in order to further fill up the LibriVox catalog. BooksShouldBeFree.com is another fantastic site for public domain audiobooks. On top of their public domain collection, Books Should be Free also offer an extensive library of "indie" authors. These authors donate the audio book rights to BSBF in order to promote their book or simply because they want people to listen to that book free of charge. LearnOutLoud.com features a huge collection of more academic and non-fiction works. They tackle such topics as medicine, writing, physics, chemistry, mathematics and many more. In addition to the educational content available on this site, Learn Out Loud also features a collection of books and plays in the public domain. They offer both professionally read books and podcasts / webcasts of lectures done by famous professors, artists, writers, et cetera. There is a huge array of categories from which to choose, and voluntary book readings are also gladly accepted. Web sites like Audible.com also offer free audio books, but those come with a catch. Typically, the downloader has to subscribe to the service in order to get a free audio book or a free month of downloads. More Reference Links: librivox.org bookshouldbefree.com
