Friday, January 18, 2008
Net Library and e-Audiobooks
I guess I'm just what my Dad calls "the 10% who never get the word." I never had an e-audio training. And I have never liked listening to books too much. I tried listening to Steve Buscemi read Motherless Brooklyn about six years ago while on a roadtrip, and I found myself losing interest and switching to music for the drive. I have enjoyed hearing some of the NPR radio personalities read stuff they have written with radio in mind (Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Sandra Tsing Loh, and especially anything by David Sedaris). I also like to hear some poets read from their own work. So when I found that SCPL's Net Library collection had no David Sedaris, I almost gave up. Then I thought to browse through the fiction collection, where I discovered a book recommended highly to me by several sources that I still have not read. I will not see the movie based on the book, either, since I can't imagine Richard Gere being a good casting decision. So I have downloaded Bee Season, read by Myla Goldberg, the author. I chose to download the CD quality version in anticipation of my 23 Things MP3 player reward. I can almost taste.. I mean hear... it. I started to listen to it with the headphones on the computer. I may not finish it in this form, but it might make me read the book. Who knows, with a little portable device and authors reading their own work, I might become a convert. Now if we could just get some David Sedaris....
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