iPods and Sewing
#51
Originally Posted by Cottage Dee
That's the point of backdating my MP3....the due date is never reached on the device. The library puts the book back into circulation at the end of the rental period. Everybody wins.
New books have copyrights to protect the author's hard work. Even when non-copyrighted books are republished, the publisher has financed that and is justly due recompense for it. The library has agreements with publishers as to how books will be utilized by its patrons so that everyone's rights are protected.
Now you have found a method of circumventing the Library-Publisher agreement, because it makes it easier on you. Not only that, but you are encouraging others to do the same thing.
So the ones who are hurt by your process are the authors and publishers. And, if many folks start doing that, it could make publishers take a 2nd look at their library agreements and stop renewing them. If that should occur, then many library patrons would also suffer a loss.
#52
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Originally Posted by Maride
I have tried the audiobook thing, but get too distracted and into the book that I don't pay attention to what I am doing. I can only listen when I am driving very long distances, where I put the car on cruise and just drive.
#53
How about downloading Kindle for PC and get wireless head phones? Not so much of an investment until you see if you like to listen and quilt at the same time...Kindle for PC is free and if your speakers are loud enough, you may not even need the head phones...
#54
Originally Posted by Maride
I have tried the audiobook thing, but get too distracted and into the book that I don't pay attention to what I am doing. I can only listen when I am driving very long distances, where I put the car on cruise and just drive.
#55
Why an IPOD? There are a LOT of different MP3 players out there. Any of the Sansa models will work to downloadbooks from your local library. Check with your library for compatible devices. If you're only using it for books, you will only need 4-8GB of storage. I have 4GB and never run out of space.
I actually have my MP3 player built into my Sony Ericsson phone. It works really great. I have my story going and the phone rings...my book is automatically put on hold while the call answers. Once the call is finished, my book is resumed at the place I left off. It's great and I don't have to carry an extra electronic device. The phone is sold through AT&T, is Bluetooth compatible (mine has A2DP technology), or you can also use an earbud. I don't like having 2 earbuds in my ears because then I'm oblivious to the world around me. My foster kids get into enough trouble with me watching them.
I actually have my MP3 player built into my Sony Ericsson phone. It works really great. I have my story going and the phone rings...my book is automatically put on hold while the call answers. Once the call is finished, my book is resumed at the place I left off. It's great and I don't have to carry an extra electronic device. The phone is sold through AT&T, is Bluetooth compatible (mine has A2DP technology), or you can also use an earbud. I don't like having 2 earbuds in my ears because then I'm oblivious to the world around me. My foster kids get into enough trouble with me watching them.
#56
Originally Posted by justflyingin
Originally Posted by Stitchnripper
I use the ipod feature on my iphone while I quilt to listen to audiobooks - and there is a free app called overdrive where you can get audiobooks directly from your library onto your device free, once you register your library card.
They've already done the work for you. Depending on where you live, of course. Do you have a library card?
I just checked. You live in St. Paul.
Here is the link. You will not need to BUY books.
http://sppl.lib.overdrive.com/D5EFD0...en/Default.htm
Just go get a library card if you don't have one and then register on the website link I sent you. You'll have to look around the site a bit.
I HIGHLY recommend this method. You just check out the books and listen to them and then delete them from your mp3 player. Simple. Really.
#57
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I love listening to audiobooks on my Ipod - not just while sewing, but while scrubbing floors or doing really boring chores and housework. I love to read and until I discovered audio books, tended to read rather than iron or scrub! Now both get done!
I made a case for my Ipod, with a secure fastening and clip so that it wouldn't end up falling in dishwater by accident!
I made a case for my Ipod, with a secure fastening and clip so that it wouldn't end up falling in dishwater by accident!
#58
I get free audiobook downloads from my local library. I'm also a member of Audible.com. I'd be lost without my audio books!If I'm doing something at my machine that doesn't require reading instructions I can breeze through both the books and my sewing. If I were buying a new Ipod I'd get the biggest I could afford.
#59
My husband listens to audiobooks via his ipod while he works in our dental lab. I love my ipod, but cannot listen successfully while I am at the machine. I lose my train of thought. But, I can and do enjoy listening to audiobooks while hand quilting...so relaxing...and feel good about multi-tasking.
#60
[quote=Edie]I am thinking about getting an iPod and putting in audio-books so I can sit at my machine and listen and sew. (I have found that with the CD player, the machine takes over the sound and I can't hear the story- this way I would have ear-buds and have the story close to me..
I have an inexpensive sansa that cost me less than $30. I can put about three books at a time on it which is just fine. I really don't need to keep the audio books forever. I listen while I quilt and it keeps me humming. I get download books from the library but also from www.booksshouldbefree.com
which has out of public domain or Classics. I love the old adventure stories like Kidnapped or the old science fiction stuff. There is lots of free stuff out there that is fascinating to listen to. For stuff I want to listen too over and over I have Cd's but I listen with headphones so the machine does not interfere. My all time faves are Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillian. Well worth the purchase price.
I have an inexpensive sansa that cost me less than $30. I can put about three books at a time on it which is just fine. I really don't need to keep the audio books forever. I listen while I quilt and it keeps me humming. I get download books from the library but also from www.booksshouldbefree.com
which has out of public domain or Classics. I love the old adventure stories like Kidnapped or the old science fiction stuff. There is lots of free stuff out there that is fascinating to listen to. For stuff I want to listen too over and over I have Cd's but I listen with headphones so the machine does not interfere. My all time faves are Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillian. Well worth the purchase price.
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