podbooks dot org

Spoken Alexandria is a project that is trying to put out content nearly free. Books often cost less than $1.00 and money is used to fund the hosting and creation of content.

A small selection of works written and performed by there creator childrens_stories
and Short stories Nice production.

Project Gutenberg has a huge repository of texts which I recommend for use with a text to speech program. They have a section of public domain human read books. Public domain usually means that the author has died long enough ago for the work to belong to us all. The recording is made by a volunteer choosing to read the book.  Production values are often low but I am biased in favor of the value of the classics.

PG’s human read books

A lot of stuff not exactly to my taste I prefer those dry old classics like on project gutenberg but probably what most people are looking for when they think of podbooks. Contemporary authors submitting there work for exposure or just the love of writing

Non Fiction and Essays

Children’s **Caution there are also selections inappropriate for children. But they are clearly deliniated**

Everything else

Annie Colman makes a podcast of classic books given to the public domain. She donates them and has easy generous terms. People who offer their work in one big zip file as well as a podcast are a class act.

Pride and Prejudice
Huck Finn
She seems to currently be working on Ann of Green Gables, delivering it via podcast.

Blog by an audiobook creater. less breadth more depth.

Nice little touches of appropriate emotion in here reading.  Pleasant voice.  Good recording.

license: public domain

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