26th July 2007
Reading a book while washing the dishes is an impossibility -- unless you have a dishwasher. But with the advent of audio books, you can now enjoy a good book while doing just about anything. For instance, have you ever thought about learning a new langua...
26th July 2007
As long as there has been recorded history, there has been books. That means that enjoying a good book has been a relaxing pass time by many for eons. However, with recent advances in technology, people no longer need to sit with a book sprawled out in fr...
26th July 2007
In the early sixties, someone thought, "Hey, wouldn’t it be great if we could listen to books instead of reading them?" and audio books were born. Audio books gained popularity shortly after in America as "books on tape" and then as technologies advance...
26th July 2007
In the 1980s, publishing companies began to record their best selling books. This paved the way for the audio book market to gain a good, solid footing.
Sales of audio books have been on a steady increase ever since. Lately, publishers have been hiring...
26th July 2007
Did you know that audio books are becoming more and more popular by each day? For example, in 2004, over $124 million worth of audio books were sold in the UK and $120 million in Germany during 2005. Experts say that this year the market is expected to ri...
30th April 2007
Old habits die hard, they say. How right they are.
I am a novel freak and have been since the 4th grade when I read an amazing novel that started me down the road of reading.
I continued this craze for reading right into college and even early in m...
30th April 2007
Ten much asked questions about audio.books
By Janet Rusky.
In as much as the audio book phenomenon isn't too new, there are still lots of people that don't know certain things about it.
I must confess that I was also ignorant about certain aspe...
30th April 2007
Despite how great CDs are, many people still prefer audiocassettes to them, especially when it comes to listening to audio books.
Below are some of the reasons why:
One, Audio books in a CD format cannot contain more than 75 minutes of content but...
02nd February 2007
Do you know the answers to these audio book FAQs?
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By Janet Rusky
In as much as the audio book phenomenon isn't too new, there are still lots of people that don't know certain things ...
