I bought my first audiobook last night. I have a book report on Bel Canto due on Thursday, and I haven't actually read it. I decided that I would make good use of my insanely long commute, and the fact that I can listen to things while I do work at the office, and decided to buy it from iTunes Music Store.
It's worked out pretty well so far. I've got about 6 hours out of the 11 hours of the book "read" so far. (This is not to say that I'm enjoying the book or anything, but just that this is a really efficient way of getting through it).
iTunes is reselling audible.com books with a nice markup.. go to the source, you'll pay less.
Some of the better fiction audiobooks are actually full dramatizations complete with sound effects and proper accents on voices, etc.
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I actually read Bel Canto in high school, not a bad book by far but not something I would've read on my own.
When I was in school I used to record myself reading work I had to learn. I played it back last thing at night and usually fell asleep while listening to it. Last thing I heard at night, first thing I remembered in the morning. It was the way I studied for exams.