Audio Books

[Deleted account 210609001]

I like the idea of listening to some audio books on long trips. Can anyone give me an idiots guide to

(a) downloading them
(b) storing them - do they have to go on as MP3 files?
(c) anything else interesting or useful?

Thanks,

Robin.

 

[Steve the Kiwi]

i downloaded them as a torrent. It was a bit of a hit and miss affair at first as the first two i downloaded were not complete books (a missing chapter or two) I sorted it in the end.. The other way is to actually um.. well...pay for them Your public library properly has a ton of them (thats metric not imperial). that would be the way to go.. throw them into your computer, rip them and then stick them onto your MP3 player/Zumo. I'm sure it can be stored in any format you like. Just make sure you don't have it on "random play" The story might be a bit hard to make sense of...

I've used them at this stage for the 35 minute cycle to work with the same idea in mind as you. I found that they are good but also found my mind wandered a bit every now and then.....nice scenery, bike, female of the species..etc goes past and my attention would be taken away for a bit then you miss a bit of the story. And you have a few "what the f*#K are they talking about??....moments. Mind you i had that a bit at school, come to think of it

IN short... not a bad idea...
As i said above go for hunt in the local library, have a play and see what you think.
If you want anything explained in greater detail let me know