Tag: AUDIO-BOOKS

I listen to a lot of podcasts, and my queue of things to listen seems to be growing constantly; I can never catch up. What's frustrating about this is that most people talk too slowly on podcasts. To be fair, they are speaking at a reasonable conversational pace, but when you are simply listening to a conversation rather than taking part in it, you can take it all in at a much faster pace. While ...

digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/01/31/amazon-buys-audible-com/"; Amazon has entered into an agreement to buy digital audiobook service Audible.com. The deal is valued at $300 million, and allows Amazon to dramatically expand its digital audio offerings. While Amazon already offers millions of MP3 songs for download, Audible is probably the biggest name in digital audiobooks, ...