Oh my! I just discovered audiobooks on YouTube. Anyone listen this way?
Oh my! I just discovered audiobooks on YouTube. Anyone listen this way?
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Oh my! I just discovered audiobooks on YouTube. Anyone listen this way?
Yes….that’s my first go to but many are not on YouTube. Its like I struck gold if I found one I wanted to read on YouTube. ?
@Julia I noticed that but oh what a fun find. What was the best one you found on there?
@Nicole its been awhile since I found one I want to read. But some James Patterson ones I got off YouTube. I’d rather get from thevluvrsry because I can download them and not have to use my data plan when out if the house. But once in awhile ill find one in YouTube
Yes! I clean a lot this way.
Oooh how do I find them?
@Jess I just searched audiobooks and there they were!
Thanks!
I just discovered this today!! So excited!
@Leaha yes! There are quite a few that are decent.
Say what?!?!
@Amy right!?! Who knew!
Wait. What? How does that work?
@Miriam I just searched audiobooks and there they were. I don’t think the can be downloaded. Just discovered so not exactly sure if there are quirks.
Thank you, I’ll look it up ?
You can use anydvd to convert the video to mp3. There are also free software options online.
I do this for books for my kiddos!
I will check it out
Also Scribd is pretty awesome. 8$ a month for unlimited audio and e books. Amazon audible is toooo expensive. IMO.
How is the selection
@Judi excellent. So far anyways. It doesn’t have every book I search but 90%
Following
Actually there is a pretty good selection. Could keep you busy for a while.
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Gotta check this out.
probably bootleg copies
@Karen they don’t appear to be bootlegged. But I wonder….is it illegal to make a recording of yourself reading a book and publishing to YouTube. I always wanted to try narration.
I don’t think it is legal to read a whole book on YouTube, I am not a lawyer. I did stumble upon a whole Audible book that someone recorded and posted on YouTube once, and if that is the case it is definitely illegal, same as posting a TV show. We readers have to do what we can to keep books alive, if authors and publishers can’t make a living doing it, we all suffer. It worries me that there are so few readers.
@Karen You are absolutely spot on.
@Kathy, it may be if the book has copywrite protections ( I think life of the author + 75 years?) But, Public Domain would be fine.
Yup! I listened to quite a few of Haruki Murakami books.
The girl with a dragon tattoo trilogy
His Dark Materials trilogy
And some of Discovery of Witches before the they found out it was on YouTube and took it off.
yes! cool. you can try the memoirs of a geisha. it is in a really sweet voice on youtubr
Can you put them on double time?
I put it on for my baby too ?
I think a lot depends on whether or not the YouTube recording has been copied directlyfrom a commercially copyright narration. If it has, that’s illegal and a bootleg. Authors and narrators deserve to be compensated for their creative output.
Been listening for years ?
You tube has book video as ads for books
Yes. I have
I found The Hate U Give on Youtube the other day! It’s so good! I love it better than the book!
Yes. I love it!
Yes — after my mom had cataract surgery she was bored out of her mind because she couldn’t even read to pass the recovery time. We’re too broke to buy audiobooks, but I found her favorite book – The Enchanted April – as a complete audiobook on YouTube… Over 8 hours of her favorite story — so wonderful! Before that I used it when my oldest was sick and needed to hear Winnie the Pooh (the originals) but I wasn’t well enough to read out loud for long periods… Such a Godsend! I’m so grateful to the people who put audiobooks on YouTube!
Yep. It’s great for long drives.
Yes at work, I love it!
Yeah all the time
OVERDRIVE is my best friend!!
@Denise my overdrive doesn’t have any audiobooks. Only ebooks (which I also love). I think my library uses a different format for audiobooks. But maybe I’m missing something?