An audiobook
is a recording of the contents of a book
read aloud. Both fiction and nonfiction
works are produced in
audiobook form but novels make up
the bulk of the collection.
Sometimes audiobooks are
narrated by the
author of the printed work, as in the
case of Bill Clinton reading his book,
My Life. More
often, audiobooks are read by
professional voice actors. For
example, we have over 200 recorded
books narrated by
George Guidall,
a prominent voice actor in the field.
Audiobooks
are usually
distributed on compact discs (CDs) or
cassette tapes. An average
audiobook has a running time of 8-12
hours and is contained on about 10
cassettes or 5 CDs.
Downloadable audiobooks are digital
versions of audiobooks that are made
available for downloading to a personal
computer connected to the Internet.
The digital audiobook is downloaded as a WMA
file or in some cases as an MP3 file.You can find a
complete listing of the library's downloadable audiobooks
here.
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