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Today’s free audio books are a terrific way to experience the literary works of some of the world’s finest authors, without having to turn a page. These audio books are often available online, with free downloads. I use this as a way of checking out new authors and to re-read my favourite books of the past. The world of audio books has certainly changed from the 1980’s.

I do not sell audio books myself; I provide training for foster carers, I sell external doors and I offer a DVD replication service on a part-time basis.

First available on cassette tapes, the literary publishing giants were slow to release many new books. Once the demand grew, a very large percentage of books are available as an audio book, as well as in print. With the technology now available to download these free audio books onto an MP3 player or an iPod, or even your home computer, this section of the publishing business has grown by leaps and bounds. Many of today’s authors are finding it easier to publish their book as an audio book, than to even get it in print.

Today’s technological advance will give way to tomorrow’s. Someday we may enjoy a good audio book just by talking to the computer. For now, though, we need to settle for researching the best free audio book download websites and locating what we are interested in.

This is pretty simple to do. Search the Internet for “free audio book” or “free audio books download”. This is most certainly an expanding area and there are now many many sites who offer free audio books to download. Many of the pay sites also offer free audio books, but you may have to register or sign up first. Some will require credit card information while others may offer a direct download. Keep your information secure however, and check out the site before releasing your personal information.

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If you are looking for the best free MP3 audio book converter available, you should think about checking out a site known as freeiPodsoftware.com is where you can have access to the free MP3 audio book converter which will convert for your iPod. Moreover, you can get far more out of your iPod by having your MP3 audio books converted into a single audio book, this can be done by using this free MP3 audio book converter site’s software.

Start And Stop

A simple trick that this free MP3 audio book converter does is that after it has converted the MP3 audio book, your iPod to has the ability to remember where you stopped listening to the audio book to allow you to start reading from the exact place that you left off. What’s more, you will, thanks to the free MP3 player audio book converter, be able to also adjust the speed at which your playback your MP3 audio book so you can listen at faster speeds or at slower speeds – depending on what you need.

The best part about the free MP3 audio book converter available at freeiPodsoftware.com is that it works with all kinds of operating systems including Windows (98, 2000, Me, XP and Vista) and in addition it works with Mac as well as Linux.

So, in case you have to convert MP3 audio books, then visit freeiPodsoftware.com and use their free MP3 audio book converter that will take all of the smaller files and produce one giant file that will allow to listen at a greater convenience.

This free MP3 audio book converter is freeware that takes up approximately a little over fourteen MBs and it is readily available for download and in fact at present as many as over four thousand downloads of it have been reported.

Joining a good audio book club is also a way to enjoy your audio books. The increasing popularity of downloading information and audio books over the Internet has contributed in no small measure to the popularity of clubs where you can rent out your favorite audio books. In fact, such clubs are a great option for those who have a keen interest in listening to a large number of audio material but who baulk at the prospect of paying huge sums of money to enjoy the pleasure of expanding their reading habits.

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There’s no denying what a perfect combination audio book technology and the introduction of MP3 portable players have become.

You can now not only listen to your audio book on tape, compact disk or PC, but also on your very own MP3 player.

So, if you are one that would rather listen to your audio book on MP3 player, rather than your PC, you can.

Now you will find the exact steps you can go through to make this possible.

NOTE- This guide is for Windows Media Player Version 10. If you are using an older version, you can download the latest version from Microsoft's website.

Here is the actual link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download

First, the audio book needs to be on you PC, the PC you wish to use to make the transfer. If you have the audio book on a Compact Disk you will first need to 'rip' the audio book to your PC.

Second, you need to find the USB cable that came with the MP3 player as all MP3 players use different cables. Once you have this cable you need to connect the MP3 player to your PC.

When you connect your MP3 player to your PC, your PC will show a message to say that it has found new hardware. If it doesn't indicate this, then something is wrong. Simply unplug it and try again.

Third, you need to open Windows Media Player and then the audio book you wish to transfer. This will open the audio book in the main display area of Windows Media Player.

Forth, with the sync list open on your Windows Media Player, add your audio book file.

Fifth, now you should click on the Sync tab on the Windows Media Player. You will now see a pull-down arrow on the box to the left hand side of the Sync tab. Make sure you select the labeled "Removable Disk (E)" as the source where the audio book will be copied to.

Sixth, a display with an option will appear, "start sync". Select the option by left clicking it. When you have done this, the Windows Media Player will indicate to you that it's sending the audio book into your MP3 player as "Removable Disk (E)".

Seventh, as soon as the sync (or copying) is complete, you can verify if it is in your MP3 player.

One last note, make sure you select the hardware icon (found in the system tray - near the clock) to ""safely remove hardware"". Be sure that you do not disconnect before you get the "it is now safe to remove the hardware" message. NOTE if you do not do this before you disconnect can cause errors on both your PC and MP3 player.

When all of this is done, you can then try to playback the audio book from your MP3 player. If you followed all the above steps you should find the audio book playing on your MP3 player.

If however you are using an older version of Windows Media Player, you can still follow the exact steps above. The main difference will be that where it said 'Sync' it will will say 'copy'. You can select this and go through the same steps as above transfer your audio book onto your MP3 player.

An excellent source that I have found for audio book downloads is

Spoken Network. You can locate them at:

www.spokennetwork.com?cam=ama0017

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