LibriVox is an online digital library of free public domain audiobooks, read by volunteers and is probably, since 2007, the world's most prolific audiobook publisher.The LibriVox objective is "to make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet".
In December 2010, it had a catalogue of over 4,500 unabridged books and shorter works available to download and produced on average 90 audiobooks per month.Around ninety percent of the collection is in English, although LibriVox recordings are available in 33 languages altogether.
The initial response to this question was positive enough that the first LibriVox recording was made available in MP3 format within a month of the blog going live. It was a recording of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent, with chapters recorded by McGuire and eleven volunteers who had been attracted by the blog.
The main features of the way LibriVox works have changed little since its inception, although the technology that supports it has been improved by the efforts of those of its volunteers with web-development skills.
LibriVox is considered to be an educational tool because of its contibution to the public who cannot afford to buy books. The digital library made possible for the readers to access easily to books in different genres. It is more useful because it is in audio form. It is also helpful because it is free. All the readers to do is to have a computer and an internet connection. Truly a great help for strrugling students and teachers.
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