Books Out Loud

I used to spend … a lot. ^^; on audio books/​books on CD, which is a must-​have-​in-​the-​car tool to keep you awake on a long drive (i.e. SF to LA or to LV or anywhere beyond a 3 hours marker). So pardon my thrill when I found that a place like this exist. (… gosh. I hope this place is not going to close! … Andrew W. you so mean: p)
Huge selection! Rental price is reasonable, and the best is you don’t spend a fortune on something that you ended up don’t like.

I live above this store and I haven’t seen a single customer come in or out of this place. I wonder when they will go out of business. Its funny to watch a place come and then go.

When I was commuting every day in LA, the only things that kept me going were NPR and the audio books at the local library. I just stumbled across this place, and they have an amazing selection of books to buy or to rent – if you want to read it, they have it. Perfect for anyone who drives too much or works with their hands (listening to audio books can be a fantastic way to occupy your mind while you knit, tinker, whatever).
The place was a shambles when we walked in, but the flustered owner apologized for the renovation mess and promised to have it ship-​shape in no time. OR you can just go online (
) and have your audio books sent directly to your house. Almost as good as Netflix, for $ 30 a month you can have unlimited numbers of audio books delivered to your doorstep. The only catch is that while they’ll ship to you, you have to figure out how to get them back, and you have to email/​call your choices in each time…