Shouldn't this exercise be called "eBooks" instead of audiobooks? I don't like Overdrive or NetLibrary because they require you to subscribe and, from what I understand, the subscription to the book in question expires in a certain time. I suppose that's useful for publishers who're trying to make their dividends, but it's not going to survive web 2.0 when everything becomes free and open-source. People won't want to bother.
That being said, I found about 50 books I want to download. I'm so excited to think that, as time passes, more and more once-copyrighted print materials will become public domain; and, thusly, more will be available to download. I especially enjoyed reading the list of "Top EBooks" from "Yesterday" on Project Gutenberg's website. Books I intend to download include:
Manual of Egyptian Archaeology by Maspero
Household Gods by Aleister Crowley
Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie
The Golden Bough(!) by James Frazier (I wonder if they uploaded the original 12-volume edition or if this is the abridged version)
Of Human Bondage by Maugham
and a bunch of others.
I'm going to be using this a lot, especially when I'm looking for rare or out-of-print books.
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