Hey there,

I'm a big gaiman fan, but alas live in Israel so I have no way of getting his audio books locally. The price online is rather stiff but when you combine it with the shipping costs it just becomes impossible to get everything... so after getting several of them I'm still missing "Speaking In Tongues", "Telling Tales" and the children prose CD...

I was wondering if anyone could maybe help me out somehow with getting these readings..? i'm going to buy the eventually but it's killing me, knowing they're out there and not being able to listen to them...

anyway, thanks...

Ben

Allo! Hrm... If the cost of shipping is too much, what is it you'd like us to help you with? We'd still have to ship them as well...

i dunno. i think there's gotta be a cheaper way to send these than what the neilgaiman.net offers.
and if it's possible to buy the files online for a reasonable price that's also an option obviously.

I did a quick search, and it seems you can buy the Neil Gaiman Audio Collection (the kids collection) as downloadable MP3s at www.itunes.com - No shipping!

kewl, i'll check it out. got a direct link maybe?

hrrm, do i have to download itunes for this? i don't own an ipod so i never used it before. is there a way to buy and download directly from the site?

thanks again

I have an ipod so never tried exploring without it. Maybe some other kind soul will pipe in about music downloads (I still but physical discs for the most part myself, so am not that knowledgable about this stuff)

looks like it's also available on audible.com. I haven't seen any sign of the Dreamhaven discs (the guys that run the neilgaiman.net site published Speaking In Tongues, Telling Tales and W:CL) being available for download though

it seems to require that you download the software and register with the service. too bad. i have an iriver myself, and it requires nothing of me as it meshes perfectly into the file system (appearing as an additional drive, allowing simple drag & drop).

i'll keep looking though...
thanks.

iTunes is a free download. does your iRiver let you mp4s? if so, then you could still buy the audiobooks from the iTunes music store. and if not...i bet there's someway to convert mp4s to mp3s...

too many ifs. i'm not going to pay full price, not get the physical product and end up possibly not being able to use the files.

I've also tried audible.com but they don't seem to allow purchase from anywhere outside of the US. this is getting annoying...

Here's the official answer from neilgaiman.net about availability of the dreamhaven discs (W:CL, Telling Tales, Speaking in Tongues) online:

quote:

No, they are not currently available for download anywhere. If this changes we will, of course, post something in the News section.

There has been some talk here of getting the CDs up on iTunes and Audible, but no real time frame has been discussed yet.

thanks for the update :\