Creating AudioBooks from eBooks
eBooks are quickly gaining acceptance and growing in popularity.  eBooks are simply electronic version of books.  These can range from books converted to simple text files, to more complext HTML or other more attractive versions of books that can be viewed on computer.

eBooks are generally much cheaper than books, and in fact a huge number of great eBooks are available free.

eBooks when combined with a program like TextAloud MP3 can give you a nearly unlimited supply of entertaining and informative audio programs to listen to.

Before digging in to the eBooks directories too much, be sure to read our TextAloud MP3 Tutorial to understand how to convert an ebook to an audio file.  Also check out our GreatLit pages for books we've already turned into MP3 files.

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Great Sources for Free and Cheap eBooks
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is an ambitious project of converting every copyright free book into text files.  This includes almost every major publication before 1923.
Examples of what you might find here are works from Shakespear, Poe, Dante, books like Alice in Wonderland, Sherlock Holmes, and many thousands of others.


Bartleby.com
Bartleby.com provides massive collection of well organized eBooks.  Much easier to navigate than Project Gutenberg.

National Academy Press
Library of Non-Fiction browsable by subject or full text search.

Bookface.com
Bookface.com has a nice searchable interface and tons of free ebooks.

Do you know of a great eBook spot we've missed, let us know.
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