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  • noun Plural form of audiobook.

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Examples

  • The audiobooks is from the BBC Classic Sci-Fi Radio and has a run time of two hours and fifty minutes.

    Movie Wars | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • They are, according to the AudioFile Magazine website, “awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA).”

    Writer Unboxed » 2009 » July 2009

  • Apple has rejected Eucalyptus, an ebook reader that facilitates downloading public domain books from Project Gutenberg, because some Victorian books mention sex (many of these same books can be bought as ebooks through the iPhone Kindle reader or purchased as audiobooks from the iTunes store).

    Boing Boing 2009

  • They are, according to the AudioFile Magazine website, “awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA).”

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writing to be Heard: Audiobooks 2009

  • Peter Scott's Library Blog: Penguin audiobooks to be copyright-free skip to main | skip to sidebar

    Penguin audiobooks to be copyright-free 2008

  • I got the M25 mostly to download WMA encoded audiobooks from the county library.

    Old Bones Don’t Lie 2006

  • Kara sez, LibriVox. org enlists volunteers to create free, public-domain audiobooks in mp3 format.

    Boing Boing: August 6, 2006 - August 12, 2006 Archives 2006

  • GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- A new way to borrow audiobooks from the library involves no CDs, no car trips, no fines and no risk of being shushed.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Grace Lee 2005

  • GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- A new way to borrow audiobooks from the library involves no CDs, no car trips, no fines and no risk of being shushed.

    Libraries Offering Audiobook Downloads (Technology Review) Grace Lee 2005

  • Audible, the company that provides a frankly amazing selection of downloadable -- but DRMed -- selection of audiobooks, is working with librarians to make their works available for purchase by librarians.

    Boing Boing: December 15, 2002 - December 21, 2002 Archives 2002

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