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Junkdrawer

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4. AudiobooksForFree.com ???

Reply to DCKit (Reply #3)

Sun May 19, 2013, 10:45 PM

May 2013

My mp3 player is FULL of their stuff.

There's also librivox.org, but I find it hard to listen to a book if there's a different reader for each chapter.

But I will check the LoC and see where they're at. Wonder how well they index the scanned literature.

I'm SO Google spoiled.

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The World is NOT 6000 yrs old. It's actually 18 yrs old.... [View all] Junkdrawer May 2013 OP

I can't read anything longer than a DU OP on the computer screen. DCKit May 2013 #1

When my wife got her PhD (~1993), see used the microfiche stacks in the Library of Congress.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #2

They've been scanning like crazy for the past decade, at least. DCKit May 2013 #3

AudiobooksForFree.com ??? Junkdrawer May 2013 #4

It's Librivox that I'm thinking of. DCKit May 2013 #6

So my son, who got his masters of library science, loves books.... rgbecker May 2013 #5

How far back? Do they cover the cited period ('45 to '50)? Junkdrawer May 2013 #8

I think you'll have to refer to the big green books, as before the internet's birth 18 years ago! rgbecker May 2013 #11

always ask a librarian... Junkdrawer May 2013 #12

Yes. RainDog May 2013 #14

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In your dreams.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #9

Sorry. I know it's tough to deal with Warren DeMontague May 2013 #10

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Yes, we can't do anything BUT exist. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #15

archive has lots of free stuff sigmasix May 2013 #16

BTW: My boy calls me a Tull nerd.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #17