Rec: OpenCulture.com for free audio books, ebooks, textbooks

[eveline]

It's a wonderful site. I just started a long commute to work, and I am not going to pay for audio book subscriptions that give me one book a month. I can listen to a novel in about 3 days based on my commute. So, I found this. Classics to guide you through modern life.

http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks

Watch the destruction on Pompeii

http://www.openculture.com/2016/02/watch-the-destruction-of-pompeii-by-mount-vesuvius-re-created-with-computer-animation-79-ad.html

[michaelrecycles]

Cool! Here's another. Their mission: "To make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet."
https://librivox.org

edit: spelling

[retiringearly]

Nice find!

[PARedbeard]

I LOVE librovox, and many people have uploaded their works to Youtube. If you have a good reading voice, please consider volunteering. A good reader makes a phenomenal difference.

[kudy]

My local library allows checkout of audiobooks through the "Overdrive" app - I've listened to quite a few books for free through the library!

[LouLou]

My local library allows checkout of audiobooks through the "Overdrive" app - I've listened to quite a few books for free through the library!

I listen to Overdrive constantly.  I didn't know about LibriVox!