Every day technology brings us new products and ideas and sometimes keeping up with the trends can seem to require full time hours.
The next few paragraphs will answer a few of the most common questions to do with e-books or audio books, what they are and who can use them.
Firstly what is an e-book, and what are audio books??
E-books and audio books are digital versions of the printed book. E-books are a digital printed version and Audio Books are a digital audio version. The Audio version is having the book read to you, rather than you having to read it yourself. Which simply means wherever you are and whatever you are doing you can still be getting the benefit of 'reading'.
Where can I get an audio book from??
You can buy audio books from a bookstore, just as you would a normal hardcopy book, but the more popular option these days is to buy the audio book online and download it straight off the internet to your personal computer.
There are several advantages to this.
The most obvious advantage is the convenience of not having to leave your house and deal with the crowded shops. The other is that, quite often, downloadable audio books cost less than books brought at your local bookstore.
- We have a huge range of titles.
- The download process is simple (with a full support team available if you happen to have any questions)
- There is no extra software to install and best of all…
- No membership that you have to sign up for. (Many sites charge a monthly fee to be a member of their site, in order to access their audio books)
What do I use to listen to an audio book?
Store bought audio books will already be on cassette or cd.
If you download one from the internet, you are able to listen to it straight from your personal computer, or you can copy it onto a cd yourself or even onto your mp3 player.
Both of these transfers are easy to do and mean that your book is now very portable. You can listen to your book wherever you can take your cd player or mp3 player, which means, pretty much anywhere. For example, at the beach, walking the dog, in the car, doing housework, traveling interstate or overseas, the list is endless!!
What is an unabridged audio book?
An unabridged audio book is one that IS read word for word from the original hardcopy.
What is an abridged audio book?
An abridged audio book is one that has been shortened to read more like a story. It is not read word for word from the original manuscript.
What is a dramatized audio book?
A dramatized audio book is a book that is narrated using a full cast, music and sound effects so that you get a real life dramatization of the book.
These are a few answers to the more common questions people tend to have when it comes to audio books. There are so many advantages to using audio books over the hardcopy version, especially if you are able to download them from the internet yourself.
If you were to copy a book onto cd and make a personalized cover for the case they can also make excellent gifts.
Not only are you giving the gift of reading, but you are introducing them to the world of audio books and all the advantages that go with it.
So start browsing the endless list of titles we have available today and don’t for get more titles are being added all the time.
We even have a FREE audio book available so you can trial their easy 3 step system risk free.
Catch up on your reading today!!
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