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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2002-10-16T11:52:21'
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title: Audible.com is a-ok
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I'm not one to usually do plugs for commercial sites here, but when I find one that's worth while, I ought to share it. So let me push [Audible.com](http://www.audible.com/spreadthewords/recruit) out at you. These guys have thousands of audio-books for the downloading. Once you've got them, you can listen on your computer, on a wide range of MP3 players, your palm or pocket computers, and even your CD player. The cost can add up if you buy a book at a time, but I've been on the Audible Listener plan for a while, which lets me select a book a month (no matter the price) and a subscription to a periodical. ( I choose a subscription to [This American Life](http://www.thislife.org) each month. Even though I could listen for free from their website, Audible lets me listen in my car whenever I want to.) The books I've selected range from a $90 18-hour history of Rome to Ray Bradbury reading the complete _Martian Chronicles_ (complete with unscripted commentary between each part of the book!) to popular social history books from James Burke and similar writers. A travelogue through southern Appalachia, _Fast Food Nation_ , _How the Irish Saved Civilization_. I had guessed that most audio-books were edited versions of the printed original, but I've found that most all of them are unabridged. So, it's been a great bargain for me. $12.95 a month to learn and be entertained while I drive. If you decide it's a good deal for you, too, tell 'em ewagoner sent you.