features.. I read in a review up above you can put audio books on here. Where do I get those. I think it's a great idea for ppl with commutes to work. I get tired of carrying books.
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Audible.com also has a subscription service. You pay a montly fee (mine is $22ish for 2 downloads a month). Seems a little pricey, but when you consider that most audiobooks on CD cost upwards of $50.00 its not a bad deal. Once you've downloaded a book from Audible, you own it. Between that and my library, I have audiobooks for the entire month. Audible has a very wide selection of both abridged and unabridged titles. My library has a far smaller selection and many are abridged, which I don't like. I want a book to last upwards of 10 hours. Now if I can only find a player I like...I bought the Zen V Plus and just don't like it as much as my old Nano. (see my review). Audible.com also has a subscription service. You pay a montly fee (mine is $22ish for 2 downloads a month). Seems a little pricey, but when you consider that most audiobooks on CD cost upwards of $50.00 its not a bad deal. Once you've downloaded a book from Audible, you own it. Between that and my library, I have audiobooks for the entire month. Audible has a very wide selection of both abridged and unabridged titles. My library has a far smaller selection and many are abridged, which I don't like. I want a book to last upwards of 10 hours. Now if I can only find a player I like...I bought... » Read More Audible.com also has a subscription service. You pay a montly fee (mine is $22ish for 2 downloads a month). Seems a little pricey, but when you consider that most audiobooks on CD cost upwards of $50.00 its not a bad deal. Once you've downloaded a book from Audible, you own it. Between that and my library, I have audiobooks for the entire month. Audible has a very wide selection of both abridged and unabridged titles. My library has a far smaller selection and many are abridged, which I don't like. I want a book to last upwards of 10 hours. Now if I can only find a player I like...I bought the Zen V Plus and just don't like it as much as my old Nano. (see my review). « Show Less
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You can buy them from Amazon, or check your local library's website. Our library lets you check out audio books online and download them to your computer. The lending period is 2 weeks. During that time, you can also transfer the audio book to your MP3 player. It works great with audio books because it starts up right where you left off. If you want to play music in between listening to books, you can use the bookmark feature.
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I loved mine and wish to get another one soon but you have to get one from someone with at least a 4 star rating. It keeps down the possibility of you getting a broken or defective one. If the person to got it from has this kind of rating I'd return it for another. It is a bit handier than my kindle. You have more app options for it and you can read from one than one book site. (Kobo, Kindle, etc.) I hope this helps. :)
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My library uses an app called Overdrive which is a free download from Android market. It is used for both ebooks and audio books. There should be a link through your library's web page including instructions. This is needed in addition to standard formats that the library lists.
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Bummer, I thought woot was the only place that it was a total cr@p shoot as to what you would actually get. They are even giving these things away =up to dozens at a time if you can catch the right sale. But it still holds true that you can get the V1 to play audible books.
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That's kind of dependent on what you like. It's basically like reading with a large hardback book. If you don't mind holding a hardback book, then it's fine. I hardly use the stand and don't mind reading without it. I read in the car with no stand, at appointments, in bed, etc.
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You can download books fast, it works alright for that and I downloaded a good program 'Ambling Books' it works really easy, because the one that comes with the Zen isn't worth much, or mabe I didn't spend hours trying to figure it out.
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Thaks for the "power down" tip. This will work for me as I only listen to one book at a time. Thanks for all the other info too.
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To 5 yorkies and H. Bowman: This should work just fine for the both of you. I've had this a few days, but today was the first time I've really had time to play with it. Its taken all day to get to get an eReader that will work good. This unit comes with Aldiko as the eReader app, but I couldn't figure out how to buy/download books (it comes with downloads to tons of free books, but thats not what I was looking for). Someone else on this site gave a web address to download Kindle for Android and now I have it downloaded (even started reading the book I was looking for). I was able to setup my email right away, although it didn't work very well through the setup wizard (I have yahoo mail). Since I already have an android phone, I checked the settings on my phone and just did a manual setup using the same settings. If you have any questions, feel free to ask and I will do what I can do help. Good luck to you...I'm loving my new tablet so far.
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I just read your comments and was wondering which product you were talking about. I also have a hard time finding a bluetooth or head phones that stay on my ears. I have almost completely given up on a bluetooth, but was considering trying one of the bluetooth headsets that go behind your neck or over your head? Any suggestions?
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I have this and I am legally blind but can see a little up close. I was able to see this when I enlarged fonts. As far as I see...NO AUDIO. I hope I am right. I don't see a way to attach earphones either. WHY DON'T YOU DOWNLOAD A BIBLE ON YOUR CELL PHONE OR COMPUTER OR TABLET??? My 7" tablet has audio KJV on it. I love it. You can listen! But you may enjoy this. Look further & maybe newer ones have audio?
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This is perfect for audiobooks. Always get the largest GB you can afford or just buy the 4 GB and purchase up to a 32 GB micro SD memory card for it. You'll be amazed how many books you can store on it. I usually download mine from our local public library.
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I made one, just like a subfolder on a PC. It comes up, not by my design, under the Music category. I think Sandisk recommends use of "Podcasts" for audiobooks.
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Thanks so much for your additional info, Wanda! I've not explored Netlibrary yet, so I appreciate all the info you gave about this, & learned several very valuable things from your post. If you go to this link http://search.overdrive.com/ then click on your country then state,you can determine if there is a member library close to you. As Wanda said, it's an incredible deal- especially if you go through a fair number of audio books each month- you can choose from lots of great titles at absolutely no charge! Our local library even offers step by step download info on their website, as well as a great help desk that's available by phone. Good luck, and enjoy! Thanks so much for your additional info, Wanda! I've not explored Netlibrary yet, so I appreciate all the info you gave about this, & learned several very valuable things from your post. If you go to this link http://search.overdrive.com/ then click on your country then state,you can determine if there is a member library close to you. As Wanda said, it's an incredible deal- especially if you go through a fair number of audio books each month- you can choose from lots of great titles at absolutely no charge! Our local library even offers step by step download info on... » Read More Thanks so much for your additional info, Wanda! I've not explored Netlibrary yet, so I appreciate all the info you gave about this, & learned several very valuable things from your post. If you go to this link http://search.overdrive.com/ then click on your country then state,you can determine if there is a member library close to you. As Wanda said, it's an incredible deal- especially if you go through a fair number of audio books each month- you can choose from lots of great titles at absolutely no charge! Our local library even offers step by step download info on their website, as well as a great help desk that's available by phone. Good luck, and enjoy! « Show Less
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Hi Robert,Thanks a lot for the info, it was exactly what I was interested in finding out. I've been back and forth about whether to get a dedicated e-reader like the Kindle DX for my PDF's, but considering the price I feel like for that kind of money, I need to think multi-function. I'm trying to limit my gadgets to only a few things that I carry around at one time.
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Sounds like a great idea! Suggest it to the manufacturer. I have no idea if it's offered but the unit is good enough to deserve it.
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I have this and I am legally blind but can see a little up close. I was able to see this when I enlarged fonts. As far as I see...NO AUDIO. I hope I am right. I don't see a way to attach earphones either. WHY DON'T YOU DOWNLOAD A BIBLE ON YOUR CELL PHONE OR COMPUTER OR TABLET??? My 7" tablet has audio KJV on it. I love it. You can listen!But you may enjoy this. Look further & maybe newer ones have audio?
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no. it is terrible for listening to audiobooks. it does not save your place. there is no setting to save your place. if you label the audio file as an audiobook it doesn't save your position then, either. i was very disappointed with this because i listen to a lot of audiobooks.