Never Listened to Audiobooks Before? Here's What I've Learned

If you spend a lot of time driving on long trips, doing yardwork, or even sitting around the fireplace, you can imagine what a great companion audiobooks can be to spin away the hours. Great narrators make books come alive. Being so close to you, breathing words into your ear, they make the experience both intimate and heightened, with every nuance in the story becoming fully expressed.

Despite loving the idea of listening, being new to this I can understand the hesitation many of you may feel. If you have never listened to audiobooks before, perhaps you find yourself wondering, hmmm... What device do I need? 
So here is what I have learned:You can listen to audiobooks on any device that is compatible with the mp3 audio format, including: Sony Walkman, Apple iPad, iPhone, iPod; mp3 players by Sony, Archos, Coby, Creative, SanDisk and many more; Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone 7 smartphones and tablets. Here's a good article about these devices: How to Listen to Audio Books on Your Smartphone with AudibleYou can listen to audiobooks on your computer, using iTunes, Windows Media Player, or any other program that plays mp3 files.You can listen to audiobooks on your e-reader. Both the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook can play mp3 files, which makes it easy to listen to audiobooks. Here are two good articles about the use of e-readers for listening: How to Listen to Audiobooks on an Amazon Kindle or a Barnes and Noble Nook, and Listening to Audio Books on Kindle 1st Generation.
Audible, the Amazon company specializing in audiobooks, will gladly help you--24 hours a day, 7 days a week--to download the audiobook to your preferred device. Here is their help line: 1-888-283-5051 (US & Canada) or 1-973-820-0400 (international.)

The audiobook of  A Favorite Son  is already here!And the audiobook of  Apart From Love  is just around the corner...Stay tuned!