Audio Books are truly a revolutionary development in literature. From the early beginnings, when the spoken word was recorded on vinyl disks, to the very popular audio cassettes (books on tape), then to CD's and DVD's... it's been a tremendous improvement in technology and quality.
In the last years we have now seen an other quantum leap: The downloadable audio book. It can be picked up from anywhere there is internet access, and it's highly transportable. There is no need to wait for a new audiobook, just chose your favourite audio books and download them. The wait for the postman who physically delivers your book on CD is a thing of the past!
The new MP3 players have the capacity to allow you to carry along an entire bookshelf full of books and still only carry a few grams of hardware. It's so easy to take books along anywhere, they hardly take up space and weigh not more than one small paperback, even if you carry a dozen very thick books on your MP3 player!
The articles about audio books below allow you to further explore and discover the new and exiting world of the downloadable audio book:
