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Emerald Ghost
04-24-2005, 03:30 PM
What ST books have been put onto audio cd?

Are there any good fantasy novels on CD?

And any other books you can suggest. I got a membership to simplyaudiobooks.com and want to make the most of it. :)

im399unot
04-25-2005, 02:06 PM
A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords By George R.R. Martin

These are outstanding and most agree that they are the best there is. I dont know if you can get them from your place on CD but if you sign up for Audible.com ($20.00 a month for 2 complete audio book downloads) you can burn your own copies to cd using there software. This is what I did. The books are 35-44 hours long each and are just massive in scope. You will not be disappointed. I think Audible still offers the first month free and then you can cancel after that and not be billed further. If you do that and then just keep the service for one extra month you can get all 3 books (a $180.00+ value) for only $20.00. You still have total access to your books after you cancel the monthly service you just wont get to chose any more books. After you download them you can play them on your PC, put them on a portable player, or burn a copy to disk.

I have been an Audible member for a year now. The books are high quality and you get them at a fraction of the M.S.R.P. Check it out.


I checked your site and they dont offer these books so you would have to go with audible. Audible seems to have way more titles. Remember, If you go with audible you own your books and dont have to return them and you get them instantly via download. Its a much better deal.

Emerald Ghost
04-25-2005, 02:36 PM
A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords By George R.R. Martin

These are outstanding and most agree that they are the best there is. I dont know if you can get them from your place on CD but if you sign up for Audible.com ($20.00 a month for 2 complete audio book downloads) you can burn your own copies to cd using there software. This is what I did. The books are 35-44 hours long each and are just massive in scope. You will not be disappointed. I think Audible still offers the first month free and then you can cancel after that and not be billed further. If you do that and then just keep the service for one extra month you can get all 3 books (a $180.00+ value) for only $20.00. You still have total access to your books after you cancel the monthly service you just wont get to chose any more books. After you download them you can play them on your PC, put them on a portable player, or burn a copy to disk.

I have been an Audible member for a year now. The books are high quality and you get them at a fraction of the M.S.R.P. Check it out.


I checked your site and they dont offer these books so you would have to go with audible. Audible seems to have way more titles. Remember, If you go with audible you own your books and dont have to return them and you get them instantly via download. Its a much better deal.

I have dial up

And...I can request the book, and they will get it. Or so they say. :)

im399unot
04-25-2005, 02:55 PM
I have dial up

And...I can request the book, and they will get it. Or so they say. :)


They do offer 4 different audio qualities.

format 1 is 19mb AM radio quality
format 2 is 30mb FM radio quality
format 3 is 60mb MP3 quality
format 4 is 120mb CD quality

each book is split into 4 or 5 parts and this is the file size per part for each format. Like I said, I still think they offer the first month free so you would be able to get the first two books at no cost. You would just have to start the download at night when you go to bed and it would probably be done in the morning. I is possible to use the site with dial-up, it just takes longer to download. I would not do formate 4 if I was you. I have Cable and I still use format2-3 most. Just somthing for you to consider. If your site cant get them you should still consider checking them out.

TheOrganizer
02-21-2006, 02:02 PM
You don't necessarily have to download the books. You can also get them as Audio Book rentals on CD. Audible is definately the way to go if you want a good download rental service but if you have dial up or don't have an MP3 player. Get the CD's from Jiggerbug.com which I think has first time rental deals. SimplyAudiobooks.com is also a nice service and the lowest priced monthly rental. Just like netflix but for Audiobooks. If you don't want to subscribe look at blackstone.com they have a great one book at a time no subscription service.

Roquefort Raider
02-21-2006, 05:13 PM
It's not fantasy, but I can't say enough good about Robert Graves'

I, Claudius.

I checked it out rom the library for a Washington-Quebec drive and was totally enthralled by it. Heck, the 15 hour drive seemed too short!