Topic Posted by: maureen1900
Date Posted: Mon Aug 9 14:00:23 2010
Additional Comments:
Just found this new website called www.BooksShouldBeFree.com that has lots of free audio books that you can download to a computer, MP3, ipod and some others. Most of the books look older, a lot of classics. But, hey, they are still free.
I believe a few months back someone on this board was saying that most audible books are too expensive if you read a lot of books. I agree. I love to listen to books, but the cost would be prohibitive for me considering the amount of books I read. Especially if I had to buy them for $30 a book and then pay a fee to belong to the company you buy from.
Think I will read some of these on my computer and use headphones.
Posted by: maggimae Date posted: Fri Aug 13 21:48:52 2010
Message: Maureen, would you believe I came to this message board tonight to tell you I finally bit the bullet and subscribed to Audible.com. I'm taking advantage of the 3 month trial offer where you can get one book a month for $7.95. My first book is The Help which I'm really enjoying. It turns out I can download it four times and can even burn CDs if I want. Am trying to find out how to share with other people. I downloaded it to my MP3 player. As with anything technical, it took me a while to figure things out (and a call to tech support), but it was worth it. After the three month trial period, I'll probably take the package for two books a month which will be around ten bucks a book.
Posted by: Tosca Date posted: Tue Aug 10 15:09:18 2010
Message: They aren't exactly free, but for about $3.50 you can rent video books from any Cracker Barrel. What you do is go into the gift shop, pick out a book and you pay full price for it. You return it within a week and you get all but $3.50 back. When going on long road trips, I'll rent one at the local Cracker Barrel, return it at the Cracker Barrel 6 hours away or whenever I've finished it - and then pick up another one for the rest of the trip, and so on. Good deal!
