I like reading books, but it can be quite hard to sit down and consume those 800 pages. I have found that audio books are a great way to avoid procastination in that area. Obviously, it doesn’t work for all kinds of books (e.g., highly technical books), but it does work very well for more ‘prozaic’ works.
Now, whenever I commute to work or go running etc., I listen to a book, allowing me to read more than 60 books this year—basically all in my ‘idle time’. The power of multi-tasking!
Many classic audio books are available for free at LibriVox, as well as on Project Gutenberg. These audio books have been created by volunteers—but the quality is often quite good. Many commercial audio books (with professional speakers, and of books whose copyrights haven’t expired) can be
found in many other places on the net.
I like reading books, but it can be quite hard to sit down and consume those 800 pages. I have found that audio books are a great way to avoid procastination in that area. Obviously, it doesn’t work for all kinds of books (e.g., highly technical books), but it does work very well for more ‘prozaic’ works.
Now, whenever I commute to work or go running etc., I listen to a book, allowing me to read more than 60 books this year—basically all in my ‘idle time’. The power of multi-tasking!
Many classic audio books are available for free at LibriVox, as well as on Project Gutenberg. These audio books have been created by volunteers—but the quality is often quite good. Many commercial audio books (with professional speakers, and of books whose copyrights haven’t expired) can be found in many other places on the net.
Thanks.
Fixed link.
thank you!
Overdrive has free professionally-produced audio books, assuming you have an account at one of their partner libraries.