I really enjoyed reading your blog and loved the reference to Popeye. “I yam what I yam” is a great mantra to live by. We always seem to want to be someone else. I’ll have to pick up Dan Pink’s book. I really appreciate the abridged volumes as it really cuts out a lot of the clutter (especially after reading “On Writing Well” from William Zinsser).

Audible is a great resource if you are buying multiple books. It costs $9.95 to join their book club but you save 33% on most books. Their interface is somewhat better than iTunes but still could use some improvement. The nice thing is when you download from them it automatically puts their download right into your iTunes directory. I usually check both sources as they tend to have different prices.

Keep up the great work,

John

I would add Dan Pink’s Free Agent Nation to your list. I got that (abridged) from iTunes. I tend to like the abridged versions (excpet for Tom Peters’ ReImagine – I listened to that in its entirety – gotta love Tom!). Actually, adding him to the list would be good too – don’t think I saw him.

I wish that iTunes would work on their interface though – it’s really hard to browse their audio books – you really need to go in knowing what you want.

Do you know anything about Audible? I know they actually are the backend of iTunes – but they have their own service as well.

Thanks for a great list – I’ll be on it right away!

I have been re-stocking my collection of audiobooks, preparing for some reading via my iPod on my upcoming trips. If, like me, you’re fond of blending audiobooks into your reading list, I’ve got a great resource for you. I just

Listening to an audio book whilst walking means you are a lot more receptive to the creative ideas within the audio book.

I agree with you about podcasts. Some of my favorites are the Churchofthecustomer audio productions. Great quality and very insightful.

John

I think it depends, too. I was just at the gym yesterday thinking I might start bringing along a notepad just to write down little ideas and tid-bits here and there to keep my head in the game. I’d say it has a lot to do with the reader as well. Right now, I’m listening to 7 Habits as read by Steven Covey himself. Even having “read” the book before, I feel I’m getting so much more out of it now with Covey’s reading.

And hey – how about those podcasts, eh? There are some great ones out there that are just as informative and thought-provoking as formal audio books.