Examples of audiobooks

These are some examples of audiobooks

1. THE TRAVELLER AND HIS DOG

A Traveller was about to start on a journey, and said to his Dog, who was stretching himself by the door, "Come, what are you yawning for? Hurry up and get ready: I mean you to go with me." But the Dog merely wagged his tail and said quietly, "I'm ready, master: it's you I'm waiting for." http://ia700502.us.archive.org/3/items/aesop_fables_volume_four_librivox/fables_04_10_aesop.ogg 

 2. THE DOG AND THE SHADOW 

A Dog was crossing a plank bridge over a stream with a piece of meat in his mouth, when he happened to see his own reflection in the water. He thought it was another dog with a piece of meat twice as big; so he let go his own, and flew at the other dog to get the larger piece. But, of course, all that happened was that he got neither; for one was only a shadow, and the other was carried away by the current. http://ia600502.us.archive.org/3/items/aesop_fables_volume_four_librivox/fables_04_19_aesop.ogg 

3. THE KID ON THE HOUSETOP

A Kid climbed up on to the roof of an outhouse, attracted by the grass and other things that grew in the thatch; and as he stood there browsing away, he caught sight of a Wolf passing below, and jeered at him because he couldn't reach him. The Wolf only looked up and said, "I hear you, my young friend; but it is not you who mock me, but the roof on which you are standing." http://ia700502.us.archive.org/3/items/aesop_fables_volume_four_librivox/fables_04_07_aesop.ogg 

4. THE WALNUT-TREE 

A Walnut-tree, which grew by the roadside, bore every year a plentiful crop of nuts. Every one who passed by pelted its branches with sticks and stones, in order to bring down the fruit, and the tree suffered severely. "It is hard," it cried, "that the very persons who enjoy my fruit should thus reward me with insults and blows." http://ia600502.us.archive.org/3/items/aesop_fables_volume_four_librivox/fables_04_04_aesop.ogg

First Report

- Members of the group:

  
  Andres Betancur

  Alejandro Parra

  Alejandro Posada

  John Jairo Alzate

- Topic:

  Audiobooks

- What will we do?

Through a presentation, we going to explain in a few words the topic, like a             introduction to audiobooks.

- Who is doing what?

  Each group member will have to tell a character.


- Table of contents

  1. Introduction

  2. History

  3. Production and formats

  4. Distribution and popularity

  5. Use

  6. Listening practices

What is an audiobook?

An audiobook is a recording of a text being read. It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book or magazine.

The spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the 1930s. Many spoken word albums were made prior to the age of videocassettes, DVDs, and compact discs, often of plays rather than books. It was not until the 1980s that the medium began to attract book retailers, and then book retailers started displaying audiobooks on bookshelves rather than in separate displays.