Audiobooks for iPad Guide

Posted April 24, 2012 by iPad Lover & filed under How to.

If you have already purchased audio books and these audio books are either on your computer or on your iPod you can transfer them to your iPad. First you need to determine where the audio books are. Are they on the computer or are they on the iPod Touch or perhaps on your iPhone? Once you determine the where the audio books are, then you can determine how to get them onto your iPad.

In either case, it’s pretty easy to get these audio books onto your iPad. Let’s start with the first scenario where your audio books are already on your computer.

To get the audio books from your computer onto your iPad you need to use iTunes and sync the iPad with your computer. If the audio books do not show up in iTunes, then you may need to import the audio books into iTunes. To import the audio books from your computer into iTunes, start by opening up iTunes, then go to the file menu, select Add file to folder, then browse to where you have the audio book on your computer and import the audio book into iTunes. Then, you can simply sync your iPad with iTunes and make sure that the audio books are checked as being as being designated for import into your iPad. That should get the audio books from your computer onto your iPad.

In the other scenario, where you have the audio books on your iPod Touch or perhaps on your iPhone, you will first need to move the audio books from your iPod Touch to iTunes on your computer. To do that, connect your iPod Touch to your computer as if you are going to sync the iPod with iTunes. Once the iPod Touch is connected to the computer go to the iTunes menu bar and go to file and from there select Transfer Purchases From and select the name of the iPod Touch. That should move the audio books from your iPod onto your computer and into the iTunes library.

Then you simply sync your iPad with your iTunes and the audio books should be able to transfer from your iTunes onto your iPad. If you have troubles moving the audio books from the computer to your iPad, make sure you check the synch audio books selection under the books tab in your iPad sync preferences. You’ll want to select the audio books that you want to make available on your iPod followed by a sync where the selected audio books should be automatically moved onto your iPad.
And that’s how you get audio books from your iPod Touch onto your iPad.

Posted January 23, 2012 by iPad Lover & filed under Audiobook Reviews.

I just finished listening to The Blind Side audiobook by Michael Lewis and recommend that if you liked the movie then this audiobook is pretty good too. I have enjoyed everybook Michael Lewis has authored and I like the Blind Side too.

The story is a mix of the human element and the changing nature of the game of football. It tells the story of Michael Oher, a virtually homeless and abandoned kid, and the family who adopt him. It’s a compelling story to hear. A young, black kid with really no future, gets enormous help and love from a Southern white family. There help and his talent at football make for quite a story.

Michael Oher had the ability to play left tackle, which according to Lewis has become one of the top paying positions in all of football. Oher’s combination of size, speed and athletic ability are not common and he stood out as exceptional. (Although, I see that he has bounced between right and left tackle for the Baltimore Ravens)

The story will warm your heart and you will greatly enjoy Stephen Hoye’s reading of the book.

The only downside from my perspective was the ending, which seemed a bit abrupt. In any case, I strongly recommend the Michael Lewis audiobooks, which include Moneyball, Liars Poker and the Big Short.

Posted December 25, 2011 by iPad Lover & filed under Uncategorized.

Did you just get a new iPad for Christmas? Looking for some great audiobooks to put on your new iPad?
Well, you’ve come to the right place. That’s our specialty: audio books for iPads.

Here are five fan favorites that you’re sure to love:

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One has been picked by numerous critics as one of the best of 2011. Once you give this a listen, I’m pretty sure you will love this book. Get ready for a light speed adventure that will knock your socks off. Wanna know more:

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.
Steve Jobs By Walter Isaacson

Yes. Steve Jobs. There is no denying the man and his story. His influence and actions have shaped our world forever. IMO I think we all need to know more about the man, his methods and his impact. A must listen for any serious audiobook fan.

From the author of the best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs.
Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
11-22-63: A Novel By Stephen King Stephen King does it again. He produces such good work and it comes in huge volumes. This new audiobook by Stephen King will provide over 30 hours of listening pleasure. Below is the basics of the plot sounds really good to me:

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back?
In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King – who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer – takes listeners on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.
Memorial Day by Vince Flynn Flynn does it again. He brings back Mitch Rappp to save us all. Filled with action and thrills. Flynn is a master at this stuff. Here’s what it’s all about:

It’s just seven days before Memorial Day, and a spike in CIA intelligence has pointed to a major terrorist attack on the United States. Now it’s up to counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp to pull out all the stops.

You know it’s going to be a rockin story with Mitch Rapp running at full blast. If you’re a fan, don’t miss the action in this new story.
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Just released as a major motion picture. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is one of the year’s best rated books. It’s a thriller, a love story and a mystery all wrapped together. Here’s what the critics have to say about:

“Cases rarely come much colder than the decades-old disappearance of teen heiress Harriet Vanger from her family’s remote island retreat north of Stockholm, nor do fiction debuts hotter than this European bestseller . . . At once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden’s dirty not-so-little secrets, this first of a trilogy introduces a provocatively odd couple.” (Publishers Weekly)
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a striking novel. Just when I was thinking there wasn’t anything new on the horizon, along comes Stieg Larsson with this wonderfully unique story. I was completely absorbed.” (Michael Connelly)

Here’s the trailer if you not convinced:

Posted December 10, 2011 by iPad Lover & filed under Audiobook Reviews.

I just finished listening to Michael Lewis’ audiobook Boomerang:: Travels in the New Third World. Boomerang is the follow up to The Big Short also authored by Michael Lewis. I have to say I recommend listening to Boomerang, especially if you want to understand the current financial crisis in Europe.

In the Big Short, Lewis focused on Wall Street, the big banks and the hedge funds who bet against the housing market. He explains the arcane workings of CDOs and credit default swaps. He shows the systematic failure of ratings agencies to do what was needed and the failure of regulators to do their jobs. He exposes the scandals that happened and helps you understand that their is a lot of blame to go around for what we experienced.

In Boomerang, Lewis takes another cut at the crisis and explores the role of countries like Ireland, Greece and Germany in the crisis and how they are suffering deeply today. He shows how each country had a different set of problems all driven by the low cost of debt and the failure of regulators to do what was needed to keep the banks from borrowing low and lending high with no sense of risk.

The reading by Dylan Baker is great too. He has just the right level of sarcasm to bring the book to life. I recommend you put this book on your iPad this Holiday Season and learn something about the real threats to our financial well being.

Posted by iPad Lover & filed under Uncategorized.

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