Admitting that I use my iPod a lot is not really surprising. Many people walk around with different versions of players connected to their ears. Even though I use my iPod every day I rarely listen to music on it. Almost everything I listen to is lectures and the occasional audio book. Sad, isnâ??t it?
Right now I am re-listening to the Garret Faganâ??s course of 48 lectures on the History of Ancient Rome, produced by the Teaching Company – this is a very good lecture series.
The problem with listening to non-fiction audio is that there is not enough free stuff! Thatâ??s why its nice to find sites like LibriVox were volunteers record themselves reading books and the results are posted into the public domain.
A word of caution â?? the rules and traditions for the public domain vary so LibriVox has the following disclaimer:
LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA. If you are not in the USA, please verify the copyright status of these works in your own country before downloading, otherwise you may be violating copyright laws.
LibriVox also has some nice links to other sources of spoken word online. So between the commercial sites, free sites and podcasts I will never have to listen to music on my iPodâ?¦
(via New York Times)