Audio books Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

AudioBooks introduces all-you-can-eat book streaming

by Erica Sadun (Jan 24th, 2012)

If you're a commuter with a taste for the spoken word, you'll be pleased to hear that Audiobooks.com is introducing an all-you-can-eat service, including thousands of best-sellers. It's like Spotify or Rdio for audio books. Launching today, the new Audiobooks.com plan runs $24.95 per month, and can ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me accessorize my iPod nano on the cheap

by Erica Sadun (Sep 18th, 2010)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I bought a brand new multitouch nano, and now I want to accessorize it. But money is tight, and I don't have a lot to spend. I don't really care about "pretty," but I'd like to see what kind of functionality I can get (accessory-wise) on the cheap. Can you recommend any really ...

6 audiobook classics for under a dollar

by Mel Martin (Jun 1st, 2009)

One thing the iPhone has done is give a boost to audiobooks. They are a great way to pass the time while driving, sitting in an airport, or taking a long commute. Audio Classics [App Store] is a US$0.99 app that contains 6 public domain books professionally read by a narrator. The app runs on both ...

Letting the iPhone read to you

by Mel Martin (Feb 13th, 2009)

With apologies to Steve Jobs, who pretty much implied reading was dead, there are more and more applications coming to the iPhone/iPod touch to allow people to do just that -- read books. Today, Traveling Classics has released several public domain titles that you download as applications. A voice ...

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