Thursday, July 5, 2007

Downloadable Audiobooks

23 Things Item #22 - Audiobooks
Today I explored Project Gutenberg. I first heard about it in library school. It contains many older classic literary works. Most of them are no longer copyrighted in the US so they can be downloaded for free at this site. Some titles I noted are:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Raven by Poe
Dracula by Bram Stoker

The download formats differ from book to book. Pride & Prejudice is available in Plain Text or Adobe PDF; Dracula is available as an Apple iTunes audiobook.

Project Gutenberg is a great source for some Reading List books. This can be a great free source of required reading (or listening) for YA patrons!

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