| Do you know the answers to these audio book | | | | CD formats and MP3 formats which can be |
| FAQs? | | | | played on cassette players, cd players or MP3 |
| | | | players respectively. |
| Audio books are rising quickly in popularity. | | | | |
| More and more people are taking advantage of | | | | >>> What is an MP3 audio book? MP3 is simply |
| the modern MP3 techniques and iPods. Yet | | | | a compression technique that makes it |
| there are still many questions unanswered in | | | | possible for reduction to be made to audio |
| this area. Find out what these are.... | | | | books so that they use less space (sometimes |
| | | | as little as 80%) compared to that of |
| Do you know the answers to these audio book | | | | cassettes or CDs. |
| FAQs? | | | | |
| | | | >>> How can MP3 audio books be played? MP3 |
| In as much as the audio book phenomenon isn't | | | | audio books can be played on any new version |
| too new, there are still lots of people that | | | | of CD players that support the MP3 technology |
| don't know certain things about it. | | | | - mostly those that can accept a 4.75 |
| | | | diameter disk. |
| I must confess that I was also ignorant about | | | | |
| certain aspects of audio books myself. | | | | They an also be played on any PC that has |
| | | | Microsoft's Windows Media Player or other |
| During my early days of audio books, I had to | | | | related software. |
| ask certain questions and today I hear a lot | | | | |
| of people asking the same such questions. | | | | >>> What is an unabridged audio book? An |
| | | | unabridged audio book is one that was |
| Who knows, you might also have such questions | | | | narrated word for word. In such an audio |
| and you really want to find the answers to | | | | book, nothing was removed from the printed |
| them. | | | | book. It has the exact content with that of |
| | | | the printed book, albeit in audio format. |
| If yes, then below are some of these | | | | |
| questions and their answers: | | | | >>> What is an abridged audio book? An |
| | | | abridged audio book is one that is shortened |
| >>> What is an audio book? An audio book is | | | | and doesn't contain the exact word for word |
| simply a book in audio format. Instead of | | | | narration as the printed book. |
| receiving a physical hardcover or paperback | | | | |
| book that you have to read, you will receive | | | | >>> What is a dramatized audio book? A |
| a CD, cassette or MP3 version of the book. | | | | dramatized audio book, as the name implies, |
| | | | is a dramatized "play-life" version of the |
| >>> What formats do audio books come in? | | | | printed book, with usual full cast, music and |
| Audio books come in normal cassette formats, | | | | sound effects. |