Audiobook versions of my books!

Since my two free ebooks, A Poke In The Faith and Signposts to God, were made available online, I have had quite a few requests for audiobook versions. It seems that a growing number of people now prefer to listen rather than read, often while out walking the dog or driving to work.

I’m delighted to announce that you can now do this with both of the books, which have been narrated by yours truly in his impeccable Yorkshire accent!

It has been a fascinating project. My son Peter, who is experienced in producing podcasts and videos for his Meaningful Money platform, lent me a good-quality Rode microphone and I set it up in my ‘sound studio’. That’s something of a euphemism, as it consisted of a pillow propped up at either side of my PC monitor! I used the amazing free program Audacity for the recording and editing, picking up some tips from YouTube on how to maximise the output quality for audiobook production.

Anyway, the job’s done — to a good standard, I’m assured — and you can access the files here.

Any standard audiobook player can handle the ‘proper’ whole-book file (m4b format). The advantage is that you can rewind, insert bookmarks, change the speed etc. I use Sirin, which is available free for both Android and Apple devices (see the screenshot of my Samsung tablet). I’m not an Audible subscriber myself (that’s the Amazon audiobook subscription service), but the web assures me you can use it to listen to non-Audible m4b format files like mine.

As you will see if you visit my website, I have also made the individual chapter-files of both books available in mp3 format, which any computer or device can play without any problems.

I continue to hear from people who have been blessed and encouraged by both books in their written form, so hopefully these audio versions will enable even more to get some help from them. I’d be grateful for anything you can do to make the books’ availability known. They are entirely free of charge. And I’m always happy to deal with any questions they may throw up — though I can’t guarantee always to have answers!

Happy reading — and happy listening!