Free is a word that we all like, and even if quite often 'free' finally is not as cheap as one had hoped, in the case of free audio books there are no hidden disadvantages. ... provided you actually get your audio book from a commercial site that is ready to give away good quality audio books to prove that their site is easy to work with and that the audio books are of an exceptional sound quality.

You could be wasting your time and effort when downloading free audio books of inferior quality, Especially if these audio files were generated by electronic voice conversion of text files. Listening to these audios is a bit like the electronic choice systems that you often get when calling large corporations and you are read a number of choices to key in on your phone to reach the departement that deals with your problem...

Can you imagine listening to an audio book that is read out to you in a monotonous impersonal and dead voice? Or an audio book that is hardly possible to understand due to the poor recording? I'd go nuts! That's why I prefer to listen to audio books that are read, or rather performed by professional narrators and actors. They can make the words sound lifely and awaken emotions through their delivery of the text.

A great example of how important it is that the audio files are perfect is the bible. An audio bible that is read with emotion and passion is something truly beautiful!