The Eye

I’ve listened to pod-casts for some time, but not audio-books.

What’s the difference you may ask? Well, a pod-cast is often a mixture of music and chat or simply spoken word on it’s own. It can be likened more to a radio show, than a book.

An audio book, on the other hand, is the reading of a book! They are usually quite professional productions, (as are many pod-casts), and unlike many pod-casts, they are NOT usually free.

I recently took out a trial at audible.com, and got a PDF copy of a very interesting magazine called Audio File. I printed it out and found it a most enlightening read, as it explained what goes into an audio-book production.

For my trial audio-book I downloaded the unabridged version of “Roots” the now 30 year old epic starting in 1750 and ending some 200 years later.

Once I get to actually listen to it (and it’s over 30 hours long), I’ll write a short review.