Star Wars Audio Book

I recently downloaded the audio book "Star Wars: Courtship of Princess Leia" from iTunes and saw that it was abridged.
Looking at the rest of the audio books on iTunes I saw that all of the star wars books are abridged.
Why is that?

Many audio books, not just Star Wars audio books, are released in an abridged format to condense material to a suitable length.

Novels are supposed to be read silently to oneself, which is generally faster than reading aloud. To release a complete version of the novel in audio form would likely last over 20 hours and therefore be very expensive to both the publisher to produce and the consumer to purchase, so instead the publisher will remove anything from small references to entire scenes which are considered superfluous, i.e. they do not move the story along.

2008-11-04 22:53:54 by niv_bp

This is a PREVIEW ONLY that can be found for free on any site that sells the whole book. Owned by Random House Audio. I in no way own any part ...

I asked this question before and got an answer with a lot of links but none had any so I'm gonna ask again lol
I love listening to the Star Wars audio books while I'm working and I have all the audio books that R.E.A.D.s has to offer, does anybody know of any where else I could find some more?

Audible has tons of Star Wars audiobooks and you get get a free trial with two free downloads at http://www.book-club-offers.com/audible- platinum/ Hope this helps!

2009-01-21 14:51:10 by thedeadone@rocketmail.com

Price: $19.98

I love star wars but I don't know anywhere to buy the books except for Chapters ^_^ so if you post up some sites where to download free audio books please^_^

It has to be free because I don't understand the online process^_^

Thanks any sites that are FREE and can be downloaded thank you!

Mel^_^

maybe this link will help you:)

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread. php?t=808403

2008-08-07 19:44:21 by Mel ^_^

Price: $19.99

star wars legacy of the force Invincible (book 9) by Troy Denning

http://www.amazon.com
The 299 page book is available at Amazon in new and used copies for $14.99, because it's a hardcover, published May 13, '08. There is also an "Import" with a similar title but a bit mixed up, for more money, also a hardcover, to be out June 5, '08.
No downloads possible here.

http://www.starwars.com
No downloads here. No books available yet, but this site offers a pre-order of "...final chapter of the nine-book Legacy of the Force series..." with autographed bookplate for $26.99.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com
The book is here as well but no downloads. Besides a 299 pg. book published May '08 for $17.01 (for members, $18 + otherwise) there is only a CD.

--> http://www.randomhouse.com
*From Random House* (the publisher of this book) I finally find a list of ebook retailers for this title.

Still, you have to follow the link above, go to sci-fi, enter title and author, click on the title and see, in a gray band beneath the book, 'Available in audiobook and ebook.'

From there you must click on 'ebook,' and you'll see a fairly long list where the book is available as an ebook, under the larger word: 'Retailers.'

The first one, BooksonBoard.com (where you may be able to go directly through the link below to find your book), offers it in four ebook forms (check the small icons below the book) for an apparent price of $16.35. No other fees required.
http://www.BooksonBoard.com

I advise you to use stay on Random House's list of ebook retailers, and use your back arrow to check on others if you like.
Good luck.

2008-06-03 06:07:04 by Assassin

I know there is a bunch of Star Wars Books out there and I was wondering if I could just start in and listen to the Fate of a Jedi books. I'm a mower and like to listen to audio books while mowing. Most of the books are in abridged form (a condensed version of the the book). The Fate series, the Movie books, and a few are in unabridged form (the book read strait from the pages) which I prefer

Well considering that the Fate of the Jedi series is set about 45 years after the events of ep VI ... I think you would be beyond lost in respect to the story line. Off hand I'd say that the only characters that you'll know about are Han, Luke, Leia, Lando, Wedge ... and that's about it. Any other characters you know from the movies have died in the 70 + books that are in the story line before the Fate Of The Jedi series. Personally I've read just about every one of the books that has come out over the years so I fancy myself a Star Wars EU (Expanded Universe of books) Guru and reading the Fate of the Jedi series has sent me back to my book shelve to the older books to "refresh" my memory and even that doesn't work sometimes with this new series.

On the other hand, since you don't have the knowledge from those books it might not matter and you'll understand the Fate Of The Jedi series better ... I have to say that I highly doubt it but who knows.

As for the audio books ... I absolutely HATE the "abridged" versions ... they are a slap in the face to the author and tend to leave out a ton of info that would make the story easier to understand. As you say, the unabridged versions are hard to find and usually don't exist.

I would suggest you look for the books of the Thrawn Trilogy to listen to. The titles are "Heir To The Empire", "Dark Force Rising", and "The Last Command". These books were written by Hugo Award winning author Timothy Zahn and are brilliantly written. They are set 5 years after the events of ep VI and are where the books really started.

I've found a few audio books on the p2p sites but they are "at your own risk" things with all the trash that can be found on the p2p sites.

May The Force Be With You ...

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2009-11-09 23:44:41 by weedwacker