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Free (Audio) Books.

Effigy2000 — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:39:47 -0800

More and more authors are turning to podcasting to find their audiences after being rejected by traditional book publishers, it seems. Interested in hearing some of their stories for free (or if you're feeling generous, a suggested donation of $9.99)? Check out PodioBooks, where there's a tonne of free literature just waiting to be downloaded to your iPod.

By: popkinson

popkinson — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:59:08 -0800

Oooo I hate that word. You know the one I mean. MP3 Player ≠ iPod. And even accepting that evil world, most things labelled as 'pocasting' aren't. Sorry. I haven't had a beer for two months...

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:16:35 -0800

The public domain version.

By: solistrato

solistrato — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:21:26 -0800

Yes, but is it part of Web 2.0?

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:42:47 -0800

There are more ways than ever before to not get paid for writing fiction.

By: rossination

rossination — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:31:29 -0800

Speaking of which, what's going on with Scott Sigler lately? I enjoyed Earthcore when I was first getting hooked on podcasts (the summer when I had nothing to do but work, and the drive to work took half an hour), but I couldn't listen to more than an episode or two of the next book he put out... it was terrible.

By: rossination

rossination — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:33:39 -0800

OK, so I didn't read the first article, which talks about Sigler and "what's [been] going on with him lately".

By: Target Practice

Target Practice — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:13:07 -0800

Considering all the tripe that gets published, it seems to me that almost anything that someone is incapable of getting published is bound to be utter garbage. ...of course, I realize this is not a hard and fast rule. Some very good books have languished simply because publishers didn't consider them marketable. John Kennedy Toole would probably be alive today if Doubleday (I think it was Doubleday) hadn't given him the runaround about publishing A Confederacy of Dunces.

By: IndigoJones

IndigoJones — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:35:59 -0800

According to this, it was Simon and Schuster that did for Toole's book (I had thought it was Knopf, but I too have a faulty memory). Toole, however, had enough other problems in his life, it seems he would have checked out early regardless. Bunch of books out there on him and his troubles. (By the way, his first book, second published, The Neon Bible, is nothing like Confederacy but also well worth reading.)

By: freeb26

freeb26 — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:13:42 -0800

You can also try Audiobooks.net They have around 400 free audio books.