Comments | triskellian: Audio book swap?

triskellian

Audio book swap?

Sep 17, 2008 10:46

smiorgan and I have just returned from a week in Cumbria (of which perhaps more later), and for the long drive up, the many drives around, and the long drive back down again, we purchased some audio books on CD. We're unlikely to relisten to them, and will want more for the next time, so (this might be a long shot) does anyone else buy audio books and ( Read more... )

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venta September 17 2008, 10:21:05 UTC

He's on holiday at present and not reading his LJ, but I belive Hendybear listens to audio books quite a lot and would probably be interested in swapsies.

triskellian September 17 2008, 14:20:13 UTC

Cool, ta. I shall try to remember to mention it to him!

skorpionuk September 17 2008, 10:38:34 UTC

Ah, I only have audio tapes. Oh well.

triskellian September 17 2008, 14:21:20 UTC

Actually, I've got some books on tape you could have if you want 'em, since I'm not even sure we've got a tape player any more. Definitely Carpe Jugulum by Pratchett, and probably others I can't remember offhand.

skorpionuk September 17 2008, 14:41:54 UTC

I'm generally trying to clear out stuff... but if you're willing to type up a list, I'll have a look.

I bought at least two of my tapes at service stations that also functioned as lending libraries - you bought the tapes initially, but if you wanted to change them, you could swap them against new ones. What a good idea! And what a shame they don't seem to do that with CDs now.

secondhand_rick September 17 2008, 10:46:15 UTC

Up until now I've not purchased any such items on the basis that yes, I'd probably only listen to them once. The knowledge that some kind of easy swappsies are to hand might change this.

undyingking September 17 2008, 11:09:52 UTC

Charity shops tend to be riddled with the things, round here at least.

secondhand_rick September 17 2008, 11:53:05 UTC

Good point, and we've got an Oxfam books and music shop here.

triskellian September 17 2008, 14:22:22 UTC

Ooh, good idea. I shall investigate.

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sea_of_flame September 17 2008, 16:50:30 UTC

If you like audiobooks, take a look at audible.com - depends whether you're likely to want them regularly enough to make the subscription worthwhile, but being able to dump chunky audiofiles straight to mp3 player rather than having to CD-juggle, and having a far better selection than often available in shops, are definitely plus points :)