With all the negative points to having audio books in a physical format, CD or Tape for example, now it make much more sense to buy them in a digital format.
When you have audio books in downloadable digital format there are no issues regarding lengths, costs,
convenience, etc. For example, unlike audiocassettes and CDs that can’t carry an audio book except in many tapes and CDs, downloadable digital formats have no length restrictions.
In other words, having audio books in digital formats now defies the limitations and is advantages that both audiocassettes and CDs have.
One of the most important benefits of audio books in downloadable digital formats is the instantaneous nature in which an audio book can get from the producer to the customers.
For instance, within a few minutes of the audio book being made it can be downloaded by customers… with downloadable digital format. But this can't happen with audiocassette tapes and CDs.
Also, the cost to the producer is very low, unlike the cost associated with audiocassette
cassettes and compact disks.
All these advantages nonetheless, below is one of the biggest disadvantages of audio books in downloadable digital formats and how to solve it:
Bandwidth problems: Unlike how easy it is to download musicals on the Internet, it isn't as easy to download complete audio books - because of the size of audio books.
While the latest pop song of four minutes long may take just a few minutes to download, an audio book lasting several hours will take much longer as the file size will obviously be much larger. It make take up to five hours to download, this depends on the local internet speed and the status of the server at the time of downloading.
As serious as this disadvantage seem, below are ways to still enjoy your audio books in downloadable digital formats, despite this problem:
Solution to the Bandwidth problems: This problem can be solved by doing the download at your free time, not when you want to get the audio book at the same time.
For instance, when you leave the house for a few hours, or go to sleep at night you could begin the download.When you get back or wake up your download would have completed.
Or if you have slow Internet connection at home, you can look for alternative locations to download the audio books.If your office has a faster internet speed you can download from there.
But make sure it is permitted to do that in the office. In other words, talk to your employer about this first to be sure it is allowed.Once the download is complete you can take the audio book home with you, this could be on a USB memory pen or a zip disk.
Another solution to bandwidth and downloading problems is to take the time to search for and select audio book formats that are specially made for people who have low-bandwidth Internet connections. These formats are usually those with the highest
compression ratio - thereby making the download lighter and faster.
A really good place to get audio books as a digital download is Spoken Network. You can find them at:
www.spokennetwork.com?cam=ama0015
