LibriVox is a volunteer project with the goal of making public domain works available as audio books.
There’s a plethora of goodies here for bibliophiles.
Not only is the availability of classic works a beautiful thing, but access to audio books is a boon to those who benefit from having access to books through alternative mediums … coming to mind:
If you’ve been meaning to contribute your voice (literally) to an information cause, sign up to volunteer and read a chapter or two …
via Boing, Boing, who cited the recent addition of Darwin’s “On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection” to the collection.
-PC