Finding FREE Audiobooks

Apple iPhone iTunes - Finding FREE Audiobooks

I tried a few apps that were supposedly about free audiobooks. One had some good titles, but only a handful available every month (or week), no catalog. Another couple were filled with advertisements, and nothing for free.

I've thought that there's a ton of classic, public domain, and other books out there. Am I wrong? Are there apps or websites for this? (I don't need to organize or modify or even get book cover images.)

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I use Stanza which has a ton of free books and uses Project Gutenberg which digitizes copyright expired books by volunteers. Nook also offers some free books and some low priced books.

I believe both ereaders are free from iTunes.

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http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://librivox.org/

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Another application that you could try is the free OverDrive Media Console. You can download library books (audio & ebooks) directly to your iOS device. I've used it for a couple of weeks now and for the most part it works well. The cons are that the selection of books are currently very limited (in my area), availability (you have to go into a queue), and the process of getting a book can be a bit cumbersome. Other than that the app works fine. :) Oh yeah, except for the part where the audio book portion frequently jumps back a bit when relaunching the app. A work around is to book mark your location.

Reading back through this paragraph it doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement for the application but I find it's definitely worth trying out because it works as a nice supplement to my other ereaders.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/overdrive-media-console/id366869252?mt=8

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To say that "the process of getting a book can be a bit cumbersome" is an understatement.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad my local county library subscribes to Overdrive, but it tends to have mostly WVMs, instead of MP3s. So either I have to keep one iPod formated for Windows, or go through extra steps to get it into iTunes and to into my iPhone. I prefer to have them on my iPhone.

Also some authors and/ or publisher even go so far as to restrict whether or not you can move the book to a portable device, and /or Apple iDevice.

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I use the free download service of all the latest greatest and classic audiobooks of my local library. I don't know where you live but if it is in the USA this service is free and wonderful.

I've just spent 2 days filling my new shiny red iPod nano with loads of audiobooks, everything from Patricia Cornwell to Terry Hatchett!!

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I belong to our state library. They have an agreement with netlibrary.com. I can download out of their "collection" free audio books and eBooks. Some good, some not so good. I am sure some bigger city libraries must have agreements and even bigger "free" netlibrary collections. I believe ours is heavier on the eBooks than the audio books.