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Route 66 History - New Mexico Writer and Route 66 Storyteller has risen from the ashes. Ronald
P. Chávez was born in the farming village of Puerto de Luna in New Mexico on the banks of the
Pecos River. He spent years as owner of the Club Cafe on historic Old Route 66. He writes poems
and stories about the people and places of those times. “The gente,” he says of them, “are the salt
of the earth.” Chavez currently lives and writes in Taos, NM
www.timeoftriumph.net
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The shift from Printed books to audio books has made reading, listening and derived a more
convenient method for readers. Audio books are electronic form of conventional books, typically
distributed on cassettes and CDs and give electronic-form comfort for yet another human habit.
In the US audio book market, cassettes/CDs sales comprise roughly 40% share. In addition, the
recent swing from printed books to audio books among book reader society has led to immense
growth in its readership.
A Short History of Books
The history of books starts in mid-15th century when developments in manuscript led to printed
books and, in continuation today we have e-books. The 7th to 13th century was the age of
religious manuscript books production. Books in this period were entirely hand-written, and are of
large religious texts which were meant for worship.
Later, 13th to 15th Century was the period where secularisation in book production started
happening. Books were produced only not to be worship objects, but to try explaining something
about the observable world. The production of secular books was driven by increasing number of
universities in Europe, originating from Italy.
The full printed books were produced from 15th to 16th Century. These are print versions of
traditional works like the Bible, prayer books and the religious calendars. Books revealing
European life style and society barely started coming after 16th Century.
In the Mid-15th Century, things begin to change with the advent of the printing press. In 1452,
Gutenberg conceived the idea of movable type printing press and brought together the
technologies of paper, oil-based ink and the wine-press to print books for us.
Using Printed Books
Paper books possess it own disadvantages as you need to maintain it, keeping away from bugs
that eat away their pages. In long-term, you can see pages gone gray and fallen out, making book
reading a rigid work.
You need to dust and wrap them all at least occasionally to maintain their condition and shape,
and your wrapping could become horrible end up ruining the books. Extensive usage of a book
make its papers to fallout from its cover and putting it together by applying glue or by using an
elastic band won't restore its original shape, making your reading an ache.
Volume of books occupies vast space pushing you to allot independent room for its maintenance.
Desperately books need more room, and we know actual bookshelves cost much to stack it up all.
Even though you have bookshelves soon your book collections start to overflow occupying newer
spaces. To add, passionate book collectors really know how much awful lending a book could be.
Benefits of Audio Books
Firstly, listening to an audio book does not need as much as concentration you pay when you read
a printed book. It is quite advantage comparing to conventional books that facilitate you listening to
it while doing your other work. You can listen while busy preparing for yourself in your kitchen or
driving your car. People with a job where it need to drive a lot can make extensive use of audio
books. Listening to audio books while driving stops their activity from being a chore and instead
makes it something to look forward.
In education, it is generally cheaper to provide set of books on cassettes/CDs as audio books for
the class to share. This saves both time and money. Researches show that about 85% percentage
of our learning and knowledge gathering actually comes from listening. Also it improves learner's
listening and comprehension skills. Audio books come in handy to teach kids and blinds and for
adult's self-help which range from public speaking to meditation.
Moreover you can have your own array of audio books collection in your audio bookshelves. Audio
books allow instant replay of segments to which you need to comprehend more to your
satisfactory. Imagine how many cassettes/CDs you can keep in the place where a set of book
takes up leaving you enormous space.Listening to books on cassettes/CDs is pleasant because it
is so much easier and more fun to do so. Moreover, it doesn't take as long to listen to a book as it
would to read it. Listening to audio books make feel, well connected to its subject.
If you are a new listener start with an audio book that you would enjoy listening first, a genre that
you are comfortable with. If your interest is fantasy, start with it and if you don't, chances are there
that you like them in an audio book format.
The use of audio books gives you more power to motivate yourself to enjoy reading. It opens up a
world of reading to one who has not yet felt what a joy in e-reading can be. Many listeners who
start with little hitch using audio books soon become enthusiastic listeners, branching into other
genres, reading longer books, and searching new authors. Certainly, audio books serve as a
wonderful tool for passionate readers.
Many of us feel it is much easier and quicker to find information on the internet. Especially with the
cost of internet connections going down, the speed going up and there are plenty of Cheap
Broadband Internet providers to choose from. But audio books are not expensive either.
There are plenty of Cheap Book Shops where you can get excellent discounts on Audio books.
Perhaps even at a much reduced price if you shop for Seasonal Offers and Discounts
One of the main problem with Audio books is that people think they are only for the visually
impaired. Once we realize that Audio books can be quite enjoyable for everyone, perhaps this
would help the declining book sales.
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Route 66 History - New Mexico Writer and Route 66 Storyteller has risen from the ashes. Ronald
P. Chávez was born in the farming village of Puerto de Luna in New Mexico on the banks of the
Pecos River. He spent years as owner of the Club Cafe on historic Old Route 66. He writes poems
and stories about the people and places of those times. “The gente,” he says of them, “are the salt
of the earth.” Chavez currently lives and writes in Taos, NM
www.timeoftriumph.net
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