Audio books?

[coffeejo]

I've decided to download some audiobooks to while away the long drive to and from Paris this weekend. Went to Amazon and they're banging on about signing up to audible.co.uk (or something that sounds similar). I just want a bog standard mp3 download that will work on Android phone and the ipod. Any recommendations for where to shop?

 

[potsy]

Archers omnibus?

 

[coffeejo]

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

your local library. seriously. we signed up at our local library and they have an online service free for audio books. not sure if you can use them offline though - you may need to check that bit out, but worth a shot. they are free that way and didn't seem to be too bad a selection.

PS - whatever you do, do not listen to Bill Bryson's own narration of A Short History of Nearly Everything. As fascinating as it is, and it really is completely fascinating, we can not listen to more than a couple of tracks (if that sometimes) before nodding off to sleep... and it has now been banned as a car audio book for this reason. Great when on tour and some in the tent next to you is noisy etc... but not one for driving to!

 

[coffeejo]

cheers satnav - I'll do an investigation of the library. Just about downloading David Attenborough's Life on Air from audiogo

 

[sparkyman]

I've decided to download some audiobooks to while away the long drive to and from Paris this weekend. Went to Amazon and they're banging on about signing up to audible.co.uk (or something that sounds similar). I just want a bog standard mp3 download that will work on Android phone and the ipod. Any recommendations for where to shop?

Audible is Great for cheap audio books and work on Ipods there is also an audible app for most android devices. I have a 24 book package that cost £100ish quid (a bargain as some of the books i DL'd were £30 plus)
Sparkyman

 

[potsy]

cheers satnav - I'll do an investigation of the library. Just about downloading David Attenborough's Life on Air from audiogo

My current listening pleasure on there http://www.audiogo.com/uk/browse-categories/crime-thrillers-mystery?cat=17656

 

[coffeejo]

My current listening pleasure on there http://www.audiogo.com/uk/browse-categories/crime-thrillers-mystery?cat=17656

 

[Spinney]

Librivox do free recordings of out of copyright books, should you want any of them. Read by volunteers, so a bit of a gamble in terms of the quality of the reading, but most of the ones I have listened to have been fine.

(And Bill Bryson didn't put me to sleep!)

 

[Over The Hill]

Buy or borrow CD
Poke CD in the slot in the car.
Cannot see why life needs to be any more complicated.

 

[coffeejo]

Buy or borrow CD
Poke CD in the slot in the car.
Cannot see why life needs to be any more complicated.

(a) Looked in town. None took my fancy.
(b) Not going by car.

 

[ASC1951]

(b) Not going by car.

"I've decided to download some audiobooks to while away the long drive to and from Paris this weekend."
Crikey - are you at the controls of the Eurostar?

 

[coffeejo]

"I've decided to download some audiobooks to while away the long drive to and from Paris this weekend."
Crikey - are you at the controls of the Eurostar?

Point taken - the long trip? the long and boring miles along motorways and autoroutes?