Yes, I agree David, I prefer unabridged. I have emailed Audio Books to check if the books are abridged and how easy it would be for a blind person to access the books. I agree with Ari, but there are people who are not into downloading books and lets face it, twenty pounds is not a great deal to pay to give a person who loves books a practical and enjoyable present.
Regards Mary----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 2:26 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Word Play
Mary,I think the recommended price is £24.99 but amazon are seling them cheaper. There appear to be three books on each player, all by the same author. Nota bad idea, but I would prefer one unabridged book rather than three abridged titles. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of mary Sent: 11 August 2007 12:52 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Word Play Hi David, Sorry I missed your message about this one. Just came across it earlier whilst browsing the audio book shop.. Maybe this one being more expensive means they were not abridged. I will try to find out more about them. Regards Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 12:39 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Word PlayI wrote about this on this list a month or so ago. I have not seen onethough so cannot review the machine. I think amazon were selling them forjust over ten pounds. I am almost certain they were abridged, which puts me off rather. David -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ray's Home Sent: 11 August 2007 12:37 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Word Play It's just occured to me that someone did a short review of this book collection a year or two back on Access World. Try ferreting around at: http://www.afb.org/aw/main.asp Sorry, haven't time to track down the exact whereabouts of the article. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- mary Hi, Has any one on the list used the following? Audiobooks on the move! This is a new, portable way to listen to audio books - just plug and play! Macmillan Digital Audio are delighted to introduce a brand new format for audio book lovers everywhere. Word Play is an incredibly light and portable pre-loaded player which means you can 'plug and play' your favourite audiobooks anywhere in the world. The player runs off a standard AAA battery so they are easily re-chargeable and they come with a free set of headphones so you can start listening to your audio books straight away. The James Herbert collection of books was almost twenty pounds but they had most of his really well known ones on this one unit. If anyone has used one, a description would be good. I can see it being a good idea for people who do not like downloading books. I didn't think it was a bad price either considering how many books were there. I wondered how easy it would be for a blind person to navigate between books. 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