Audioapolis - Welcome To The World Of Online Audio Books.
The term audio book has been synonymous with books on tape for years. An audio book is the recorded contents of a written book read aloud. They are usually distributed on CDs, cassette tapes, or more recently, digital formats such as MP3 and Windows Media Audio.
With today's busy lifestyles many people are embracing the idea of audio books. Once a necessity reserved for the blind, visually impaired, or elderly, recorded books offer many avid readers and non-reader alike the opportunity to relish a good book without the time constraints of having to sit down and read a printed book.
Confused about what audio books are and how they are played? Audio books are not new - but the technology surrounding them is.
Audio books are available in 3 formats:
Books on tape are the original audiobooks. Put simply, a casette tape is played on a player. They are widely available and can be bought-new and used, or rented. Books on tape are available at bookstores, public libraries, and online.
Audio books on CD can be played on your computer, in the car, on a home stereo system or on personal CD players. Talking books on CD can be bought new or used, and rented. Audio books on CD are available at bookstore, libraries and online.
Downloadable audio books are downloaded onto your computer. From here they can be listened to on the computer, burned onto a CD, or transferred onto a mp3 player or ipod. Downloadable audio books are available online only. There are a number of different sites for you to choose from. Each one is unique in that they offer different membership packages as well specific categories of books.
Where to Buy, Rent or Download Audio Books....
