In addition to downloading audiobooks, you could alsovolunteer to be a reader.

The only qualification is that you have an audible voice.

Its similar to LibriVox and uses LibriVox and Gutenberg.org as sources for the free audiobooks.

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Theyre considered modern-day radio dramas.

you might also listen to the episodes online or download them directly to your machine or portable unit.

PodioBooks.com

PodioBooks.comis similar to NewFiction.

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They offer about 434 free audiobooks in episodes as podcasts, available in 30 categories.

you could receive them as RSS feeds or download the episodes directly.

Librophile

Librophileoffers thousands of free and pay audiobooks and free eBooks.

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Childrens audiobooks are mostly sourced from Storynory (also see later in this article for more information).

Free eBooks are available in multiple formats.

AudioBooksForFree.com

AudioBooksForFree.comoffers classic books recorded as audiobooks for download as MP3 files.

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They have human-read audiobooks read by volunteers (through sites such asAudioBooksForFree.comandLibriVox), as well as computer-generated audiobooks.

They are working on ways to automatically create computer-generated eBooks on demand.

They provide an easy-to-use interface for browsing and downloading the audiobooks.

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NOTE: Ambling Audio Books also offers audiobooks for purchase.

ThoughtAudio.com

ThoughtAudiooffers a collection of classical audiobooks that you could listen to online or download in segments.

Some of the audiobooks are available as written text in PDF format for download.

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These include free audiobooks, lectures, speeches, sermons, interviews, and more.

They offer a free collections of stories and poems in MP3 format.

These stories and poems are meant for use in classrooms, but anyone can download them.

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Some titles are available in MP3 format, some in iTunes, and some in both.

Free-Audio-Books.co.uk

Free-Audio-Books.co.ukis another site offering free audiobooks, mostly classic and old titles, organized into categories.

you could choose to download them in MP3 format or listen to them online.

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They also offer original stories.

Each audiobook comes with the full text of the book in English which can be translated into other languages.

A new audio story is published every week.

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Audible

Audibleis one of the most popular websites for purchasing audiobooks and theyve partnered with Amazon.

you’re able to also use a Kindle Fire.

You pay a flat subscription rate and you’re free to download most audiobooks for one credit each.

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A small number of titles require two credits to download.

Shipping is free both ways.

you might save 10% on all physical audiobooks.

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NOTE: Not all books are available for all three options.

They are the exclusive North American distributor for BBC Audiobooks.

Audiobooks purchased on AudioGO are sent on CD or MP3 CD, as well as available for download.

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Their service fordownloading audiobooksis provided byAudible, mentioned earlier.

Just Audiobooks has also partnered withAudibleto provide theirdownload service.

If you prefer to buy audiobooks on CD to have permanently, you canpurchase audiobooks on CD.

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All of these resources for audiobooks should provide you with many hours of entertainment and enlightenment.

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