You can download the free audio books through bittorents, through access to the Libri Vox catalog, or you can listen to their podcast. The bittorrents are available free of charge and through legal access with the site Legal Torents.com. If you are new to downloading torrents you’ll find that there are many great resources readily available at Legal Torrents. You can download free audio books, text, animations such as avi and mov files, games, graphic novels, movies, music, podcasts, videos, and television shows.
The Libri Vox podcast provides great resources free of charge. It is easy to listen to podcasts with programs such as iTunes. You can download and install iTunes for free and listen to free mp3s and other podcasts in addition to the music, videos, and television shows that are available for purchase. If you don’t feel comfortable listening through music software programs, you can access the podcasts simply through your Internet browser. When selecting Libri Vox podcasts you can choose from books, community, poetry, short stories, and new releases. Also, the Internet Archive hosts many of the Libri Vox audio files so you can find plenty of files there to choose from as well.
When you download free audio books from Libri Vox, you should be prepared that the audio is simply that, audio. There are no fancy background sound effects, or soft music backing up the story. This is due to copyrights and since Libri Vox only uses public domain books, they keep it simple and don’t add other files that could complicate copyright issues. This method ensures that when you download Libri Vox audio you can feel comfortable using the files in commercial projects as well.
Since Libri Vox is a volunteer organization, anyone can create his or her own audio books and submit them to Libri Vox. Due to this, you might find that you prefer some readings to others.
