With a digital audio player, a user can now download titles - and often for less than it would be to buy a book, audiocassette or CD.Īn aural rendition of ''Anna Karenina'' ordered from for instance, would cost $162.90 and require juggling 24 tapes.įor $23.95 you can download the tale, unabridged and clutterless, in about 30 minutes if you have a high-speed Internet connection.Īs digital audio players drop in price and become capable of holding more data, downloadable spoken-word programming is becoming easier to manage and more widely available. The desire to multitask during a road trip or a daily commute is one reason for the growing popularity of audiobooks. McGee listened to an eclectic mix: ''Underboss: Sammy The Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia'' by Peter Maas ''My Anecdotal Life'' by the actor-writer-producer Carl Reiner ''The DaVinci Code'' by Dan Brown and ''Winesburg, Ohio,'' the 1919 Sherwood Anderson classic, which in book form had been on his shelf unread for years. Through the long stretches of desert in New Mexico and Arizona, Mr. ''It's a perfect way to pass the time,'' said Mr. Before he embarked on the 1,500-mile drive in September, he used his computer to download four audiobooks and burn them to CD's - his aural driving companions.
FACING a two-day car trip solo from Cleburne, Tex., to Los Angeles, Rex McGee decided he needed a soundtrack other than music.
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