It's not like I can't appreciate silence, but I really enjoy listening to radio shows or audio books while I'm tasked with something mindless. Example: listening to This American Life while pulling hops off the vines we grew this summer (an excellent thing to find yourself doing on a Thursday afternoon).
Audible is nice for two reasons. First, if you're a subscriber like I am, you pay a monthly fee and receive a single credit per month. Most audio books cost only a single credit. But if you don't subscribe to Audible, you have to pay the full price of the audio book in order to download it.
Frankly, it may be cheaper to simply purchase audio books from B&N or Amazon. But I prefer the Audible method because (and this is reason #2) my points accrue automatically. If I ignore my account for a couple months, all of a sudden I'll find a happy email in my inbox. Sweet! I have three credits on Audible!
So today I downloaded these three audio books:
- That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back by Thomas Friedman
- The classic How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way by Steve Wozniak - I'm really excited for this one!
Are you a listener of audio books? What are your favorites?
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