"Mike Eschman has an interesting new proposal for producing audio books. It's too long to quote in its entirety (see it at the link above), but here's an excerpt:
"How many things can you do for the greater good in a little over two work days, that result in 6 new books for young children, English as a second language students, and plain old book lovers, can be played on any old mp3 player and can be duplicated for less than 50 cents?
"We hope gutenberg users will use the chapter-by-chapter ripping software, and will help out with a few cycles and maybe some bandwidth :-)