Ambling Audio Books
Ambling Books is a privately held online company that offers free and paid non-DRM audio books for download. Ambling also offers book player software, for smartphones and computers. Ambling is also a distribution channel for audiobook publishers.
History
- Nov. 2008 - iBookTreasures.com begins development phase.
- Feb. 2009 - Company is incorporated by owner Howard Davis as iBookTreasures, LLC
- Sept. 2009 - The company begins doing business as "Ambling Books" and releases the Ambling BookPlayer for Android.
- July 2010 - Launched AmblingBooks.com as a distribution channel for audiobooks.
- Jan 2011 - Release Ambling BookPlayer for Windows.
- Mar. 2011 - Released Ambling BookPlayer for the Mac.
- July 2011 - Released Ambling BookPlayer for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Websites
AmblingBooks.com
In July 2010, Ambling Audio Books launched AmblingBooks.com as a "publisher-friendly" distribution channel for audio book publishers.
AmblingBooks.com offers the general public access to over 10,000 free and discounted audio books from publishers including Simon & Schuster, Blackstone Audio, BBC Audiobooks, Tantor Audio, and LibriVox.
AmblingBookPlayer.com
In August 2009 the AmblingBookPlayer.com site was launched offering specialized audiobook playing software called the Ambling BookPlayer. This software, initially created for Android devices, offered several benefits over existing MP3 players:
- Automatic file handling (listeners interact with multiple MP3 files as a single book).
- Chapter-based, instead of file-based navigation.
- Extensive bookmarking and note-making capabilities.
- Series-based library organization (titles in a series are ordered by chronological date, not alphabetically).
- Automatic bookmark history prevents listeners from losing their place
- Sleep timer stops the audiobook playback during nighttime listening
The Ambling BookPlayer application supports both wired and wireless downloading of audiobooks from AmblingBooks.com.
The Ambling BookPlayer has received high ratings from users of the application.
External links
- Ambling Audio Books - Audio book and book player download site
- Ambling BookPlayer - Book player application information and user forums