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November 14, 2005

E-Magazine #6 - November 11th, 2005

New Online Store - Get a Free $5 Gift Certificate

Well, we've been working long and hard on it but we're proud to announce that our online store is officially up and running. Currently, we're selling about 1,800 audio books on CD and cassette. Very shortly we'll add DVDs and downloadable digital audio and video to the mix. We would like to be your one-stop destination for all of your audio and video learning needs.

So what's in it for you? Well here are some reasons why we think you'll love shopping at LearnOutLoud.com:

• Discounted prices - Most of our titles are at least 20% off the suggested retail price.
• Easy and secure shopping experience - We've made it very easy to find what you are looking for and we've given you all the information (e.g., abridged vs. unabridged and # of CDs/cassettes) you need to make an informed buying decision. Plus, we utilize 128-bit encryption and other technology to keep your data private and secure.
• Real customer service - Unlike many online retailers we offer both e-mail customer service and a 1-800 number (1-800-550-6070) for you to call.
• 5-5-5 - LearnOutLoud.com is committed to 5-5-5 which means we give 5% of our pre-tax profits to charity, 5% of employee paid time off for volunteering and 5% of company equity to a charitable foundation.

We would like to invite you to check out our store with a very special offer. We'll give you a $5 gift certificate for your first order! This gift certificate spends like cash and there is no minimum you have to spend to use the GC. All you have to do to claim your $5 gift certificate is send an e-mail to newstore@learnoutloud.com. So get your gift certificate today and start shopping. With the holidays coming audiobooks make perfect gifts for friends and relatives. Stock up today!

LearnOutLoud.com Online Store

Free iPod Nano

Do you want one of those sleek new iPod Nanos? In just a couple of weeks we'll be giving one away. Although we've had a fair amount of people register to win it hasn't been a ton. Bottom line? Enter today and you have a really good chance at winning a free Nano! It's incredibly easy to enter the contest. Just do one of these two things:

Register for our site and post a message in our forums.
-OR-
Post a link to LearnOutLoud from your website or blog and send an e-mail to linked@learnoutloud.com to let us know you linked to us.

And if you do both of these you'll have double the chance to win!

So don't miss out. Make sure to register now for your chance to win the hot new Nano! (Full contest details available here.)

Over 500 Titles in Our Free Audio and Video Directory

We've mentioned our Free Audio and Video Directory in our newsletter before but we wanted to bring it up again as we hit the 500+ mark last week. We've added a lot of really cool new stuff so if you haven't checked it out in a while (or haven't checked it out at all!) you may want to stop by. Here's a sampling of some of the stuff we've recently added:

MIT Lectures - Links to over 100 free video lectures from MIT including ones from Jack Welch, Michael Dell and Noam Chomsky
Vega Science Trust - Links to 40 free video lectures on subjects like nanotechnology and physics
American Memory from the Library of Congress - Some amazing projects including Voices from the Days of Slavery and the September 11th, 2001 Documentary Project
Free Sermons from Sermon Index and SermonAudio.com - We've posted links to sermons from people like Billy Graham and Billy Sunday

This is only scratching the surface of what we have in the directory. Check it out today at http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video

Two New Titles from LearnOutLoud.com

We're happy to announce two brand new titles for sale on our site. These are the first that we've produced here at LearnOutLoud.com.

If you're an advertising professional or if you have a business that advertises, you'll want to check out Bill Grady's seminar How You Can Create Advertising That Really Works. This seminar is guaranteed to help you build a stronger and more profitable advertising program. It's available on 2 CDs for $15.95 (a downloadable version will be available soon).

If you're looking to build wealth and find financial independence, The Science of Getting Rich is a must listen. This book was written by Wallace Wattles, is narrated by Brian Johnson and is a classic in the field of self development. A downloadable version of this one is coming soon as well.

Two Cool New Articles: Seth's Tutorial & Gandhi Out Loud

We've been feverishly writing new content for you here at LearnOutLoud.com.

Seth just wrapped up a great tutorial on audio recording that helps make it easy to understand. If you're contemplating getting into podcasting or trying to record your own audio book this is a perfect primer.

How to Begin Home Recording: Level I

Jon wrote the first in an upcoming series of "Out Loud" articles. This series will cover audio and video material available for great leaders and historical figures. The first articles in the Out Loud series covers India's Mahatma Gandhi. Look for more of these in the near future.

Gandhi Out Loud

Latest Resources and Blog Posts

Resources:

• Zondervan Publisher Page
• C. S. Lewis Author Page

BlogOutLoud.com:

• Stanford Lectures on iTunes
• The State of Podcasting
• How to Subscribe to Our Blog

Visit our blog at: www.BlogOutLoud.com.

Register and participate in the LearnOutLoud.com Forums.

Coming Soon!

Our new program LearnDirect is in the works and we should have some more details in our next newsletter. Stay tuned!