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A-Books: Audible Books in Library Collections
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gerry Mckiernan)
Wed Jun 20 20:26:56 2001
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 13:57:02 -0500
From: Gerry Mckiernan <GMCKIERN@GWGATE.LIB.IASTATE.EDU>
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_A-Books: Audible Books in Library Collections_
I am greatly interested in learning of library efforts to acquire and catalog and/or otherwise make available Web-based Audible Books (A-Books) for their respective collections. One major vendor of Audible Books is [Audible.com]
"Audible.com makes it possible for you to listen to audiobooks, lectures, public radio programs, newspapers and more, either at your desktop computer or on-the-go with a portable device. With more than 24,000 hours of downloadable audio, you can find favorites and discover new ones."
[BTW: Audible.com has an agreement with Amazon.com to sell A-Books]
I am also interested in other A-Books vendors as well as references to articles, studies, reports, etc and other relevant literature on the topic. As Always, Any and All contributions, suggestions, critiques, rebates, or Cosmic Insights are Most Welcome.
Regards,
/Gerry McKiernan
Audacious Librarian
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck@iastate.edu
"The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Hear It"
With Apologies to Alan Kay
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