Audio Books

General category that encompasses everything about audio books. If another category is not available this is a good default.

Recording Audio Books On Your Own
Recently I started thinking about recording my own audio books. Since I love audio books so much I thought wouldn't it be a great idea to try to record some of my own. It seems that recording audio books wouldn't be that difficult nowadays, since technology makes things so easy. The truth is it is not that difficult. (…)

Business Audio Books Great For Continued Training
My career has had various stages but all of them have had a recurring theme. Lack of time has been pervasive and I know this is not just something that I struggle with. (…)

Can Audio Books Improve Your Vocabulary?
I was lucky enough to go to high school at the oldest public school in the United States. It prides itself on many things including instilling in its students a love for the classics of literature. This is probably the major reason why I find it easy to use vocabulary that may seem beyond many public school students today. Can audio books help improve a person's vocabulary? Can they even improve their literacy rate? (…)

Abridged versus Unabridged Audio Books : Why Should You Care?
When I first started listening to audio books I was a little confused about some of the terminology. I was not aware of what the differences were between abridged or unabridged audio books. Simply put an unabridged audio book is read and recorded word for word. An abridged audio book is shortened typically by an editor in a way that is meant to provide you with the best trade off between a valuable listening experience and your time. When you read a book it is pretty straight forward. You read the pages as they are laid out for you at the pace that you the reader are capable of reading. Typically we read in our heads faster than we can read out loud. (…)

The Amazing World of Audio Books
Are you an audio books fan? If you aren't it is time to explore the possibilities that listening to audio books can offer you. My name is Lillian Keefe and I am the owner of CreateTimeAudio, a downloadable audio books store. As a mother of 2 young children and as an entrepreneur time is my most precious resource. I discovered audio books many years ago when they came out in cassette tape format. I listened to them while I was commuting or exercising. I've loved books my whole life so when I started running into problems finding the time to sit and read, audio books was a great solution. (…)