Free audio books

New Albalearning.com
Spanish language audiobooks, free, for personal use only. The text is available also. As mp3s for download, or play online. Says one fan: Alba tiene una voz de angel, es muy facil entenderla.
http://www.albalearning.com/

New ALK Libri Some classic, mostly Western European works, read in Italian. You may listen online free (more suitable for broadband). In mp3 or ogg vorbis format. http://digilander.libero.it/kyme/audiolibri/index.htm

Audiobooks for free
Many classics of literature available, in 25 categories (including Adventure, Crime Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Westerns, Thrillers, Martial Arts, Spy Stories, Historical & Humour). Also a few non-fiction items. All as mp3 files. However only files playing at 8 Kb/sec files are free. Requires registration, & the supply of some personal information.
http:// www.audiobooksforfree.com

New Japanese Classical Literature at Bedtime From The Cat and the Mouse to the Pillow Book, Japanese language audiobooks as mp3 files, most with a Creative Commons licence. From a modest and helpful soul. Some have links to the e-text.
http://eloise.cocolog-nifty.com/rodoku/

LibriVox
Fiction, non-fiction, poetry & dramatic works are available here as mp3's and ogg vorbis files.* These are free audiobooks from the public domain, and you'll find many of your old favourites here. Volunteers are also welcome to record individual book chapters or whole books. A constantly growing mega-site (1,500 books available at last check).
http://librivox.org/

New Litterature Audio (French language) More than 170 authors and over 300 works represented here in mp3, from the cream of French literature. Some Greek & Latin texts too, and more modern Western classics from Shakespeare to the brothers Grimm. C'est magnifique!
http://www.litteratureaudio.com/

New Read Listening ( = leerescuchando) Another new Spanish language site (mid-2008) offers many popular classics in audio form, todo en formato mp3 y completamente gratis (all in mp3 format and completely free). Classics, children's classics, poetry, history, unpublished works and more. Unless otherwise specified, the content is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
http://www.leerescuchando.com/

New Ulitka A large collection of works by both Russian and European authors, read in Russian. In mp3. http://audiobooks.ulitka.com/

New Vorleser Around 500 German language audiobooks in mp3, from around 150 authors. Mostly German and European literature, with text links often included. For download at CD quality. Das ist gut!
http://www.vorleser.net/

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* Ogg Vorbis format files are open source audio of a higher fidelity than mp3.