How much memory do audio books take up

[stevie m]

My wife and I are going on holiday and we want to download some audio (e-books), to her new Ipod but all the sites tell you the narration time, i.e 14hrs 24mins but not how big the file is. Therefore we have no idea how many books we can buy to fit on the device. I understand that all books vary on size and content but has anyone a ball park figure Mb's or Gb's for an average size book, just as a rough guide. I don't want to buy more books than I can fit on the ipod if I can help it.
thanks for any answers

[AlBags]

I just checked one .. 3hrs 30m and it was 330 odd Mb!

[stevie m]

cheers albags appreciate the info

[Buenchico]

The file size will depend upon the level of compression that's been used when making the recordings. If you don't mind a slight loss of quality you can compress the audio books into smaller files fairly easily. (For example, I've got some old radio programmes, such as 'The Navy Lark', in MP3 format. Each ½-hour programme takes up about 7Mb).

Chris

[hc4361]

This site gives the file sizes. For example, Three Men in a Boat is 2hrs 58 mins and 171 mb.
http://www.silksoundb...thing-of-the-dog.html