lizzie
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I heard that some truck stops and maybe Cracker Barrel have a books on tape and/or DVD rental for travelers. Anyone have details on this? lizzie
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anninsd
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Yes, Cracker Barrel rents books on tape and you can drop them off at another Cracker Barrel down the road. Probably the brand name truck stops do the same.
You might google DVD books as I think I remember a service where they mail them to you and provide a postage paid envelope to mail them back.
If you live in a stick house your local library should have a supply of audio and DVD books. I get them there all the time.
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Fizz
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I know this isn't what you asked for. Have you tried podcasts, recorded radio programs? Everything from interviews to radio plays.
PBS, BBC, CBC are some of my favorite sites.
Google for 'podcast' and you will find dozens of sites.
Download them for mp3 players or copy them over to CDs
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Merrykalia
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lizzie, we have been doing this for years - it's the only way DH will stay awake while driving!!! We now have little ones, so they have a DVD going, so we have pretty much quit the listening CD's. Our local library also has quite a large selection that we check out when we are doing any traveling. You might want to check your local one. They are also great while lounging around beside a pool or ocean or even while walking. I listened to the entire Harry Potter series during a summer of walking as well as the Lemony Snickett series that were checked out of our library.
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We have not done it but what we have heard is you buy the thing at Cracker Barrel, Flying J, and probably several other places. You return it to another location (same company) and exchange for another paying only a rental charge. Supposed to be good.
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Get an MP3 player and load a few audio CD books on it from your local library before that long trip....No worries about returning the books.
Option 2 is buy audiobook CD's on eBay....sell them on eBay after listening to them.
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lizzie
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Thanks for all the suggestions. Our library is a small and does not have a great collection. They also limit audio books to four and you can only keep them two weeks. Since we are going to gone five or six weeks, I need another solution. We do not have an MP3 player or an ipod. I think the Cracker Barrel idea will work best for us. lizzie
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An MP3 player can be picked up pretty cheaply these days if you don't go with the big names like the ipod or zune. I download audiobooks online using my local library card from this website for TN libraries.
I did a quick google search for something in NC and came up with this It looks like it is run by the same company on behalf of the local libraries.
The 'overdrive' software that these sites use allows burning to CD's if your vehicles stereo can't connect to an Mp3 player.
I haven't listned to the radio on my commute for over 2 years now thanks to these sites.
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dave54
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We use an MP3 player.
librivox.org has thousands of free public domain book downloads. Thet are all read by volunteers, so some of the chapters are harder to understand than others (Jack London's Call of the Wild with a British accent was interesting  ...)
gutenborg.org is another free download site. Some of these are computer generated synthetic voices.
If your local public library does not have a big selection, they can usually order CD's from another library (most libraries are part of an interloan network). Rip the CD's to MP3 format, and load them into your player.
Or, take your laptop with you into the local public library closest to your campsite, and rip them right in the library. Some libraries will let you and some will not. Walk out with a half dozen books in your laptop, ready to transfer to your MP3.
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On the road books on Tape or CD are very nice. I've often listened to books on tape as I drive. I like Deen Koontz, and Anne McCraffey and Misty Lackey All good authors in my opinion.
But then I've meet Misty. Exchanged E-Mails with Anne, and she and I have mutual friends. (no, I'm not kidding) I'm waiting for a book by a Ms. Alm to come out.. That one I need to get a autographed copy of.
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