It is commonly accepted that portable media device
manufacturers designed their products for music and not for
audio books. However, with the increasing popularity of
audio books, more and more people are embracing portable
media technology in order to enjoy audio books; we are no
longer limited to listening to downloaded audio books on our
personal computers and laptops.

Unfortunately, not all mp3 players are the same, and there
are some that are better geared toward audio books than
others. Below are a few things to keep in mind when you are
looking for an mp3 player for th main purpose of listening
to audio books.

* Make sure the mp3 player has a good volume feature. Quite
often it is difficult to hear a person’s voice when there is
a lot of background noise. For example, if you’re listening
to an audio book while jogging and you come across a
construction site, you could miss some of the audio to the
sound of the tools.

* Examine how each mp3 player handles interruption. When
listening to music and the mp3 player gets interrupted for
whatever reason, it’s no big deal to skip ahead to the last
track you were listening to. With an audio book, this isn’t
so simple. Make sure the mp3 player has a memory feature
that automatically goes back to where the track was
interrupted.

* Be sure the mp3 player has enough memory. Often audio book
files are much larger than music files, so be sure the mp3
player has the capacity to hold your books.

* Don’t sacrifice quality and durability for size. Smaller
mp3 players are more pleasing to the eye, but they are
sometimes of lower quality.

* Make sure the mp3 player was manufactured by a reputable
company. Don’t buy just any mp3 player because it costs
less.

* Be sure the mp3 player can read encrypted files. Most
publishers want to protect their product from piracy, so be
sure your mp3 player has DRM (Digital Rights Management)
capabilities, often referred to as WMA DRM.

There are also car stereo systems available that have CD
players with mp3 capabilities. These devices are great for
those who have long commutes and are tired of listening to
the same old stuff on the radio. If you already have a
portable mp3 player and you want to listen to audio books in
your car, but you don’t have a stereo system with mp3
capabilities, don’t fret; you can simply pick up an AUX
socket to connect your mp3 player to your car’s CD player.

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