As you can see, my books. my life. is back up. Thank you for your patience while I put it in hiding for a few days. Before I get back into my normal routine, I thought I’d share my new audiobook bookmarking system with you.
I always had a hard time keeping track of my place in audiobooks. I listen to them from my phone so that it’s easy to listen wherever I am (house, car, etc) but I also listen to music on my phone pretty regularly. When I would switch back and forth, I would lose my place. I tried sticky notes, I tried the notes app on the phone, I tried simple memory (that was the biggest failure). Then one day, inspiration struck. I could take a screen shot of my phone that would quickly capture my place down to the second.
This has worked flawlessly so far. It’s so simple that I can’t believe I didn’t think of it ages ago. Genius, right?
How do you bookmark your audiobooks?
PS – iPhone users, you can take a screenshot by simultaneously pressing the home and power buttons.
my books. my life. 
Awesome! I haven’t listened to any audiobooks on my iPod recently, but I’m glad to know that I can take a screen shot! And your system sounds like a good one 😀 I’ll remember it for the next time I read some audiobooks
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Okay, seriously you are my hero right now. I had no idea you could take screen shots on your iPhone. I am always listening to books and getting so frustrated when I lose my place. I try to write it down or put it in notes, but it was kinda a pain. This idea is absolutely genius! Thank you 🙂
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I think mine automatically keeps track of where I am. I am so glad that I don’t lose my place. That would be such a pain in the butt.
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This is really awesome, Michelle! You are really the hero like Meaghan has said 🙂 I didn’t know that you could take a screenshot on iPhone. Does it work on iPods also?
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I just started reading Rebecca this morning – I can image the audio would be fantastic.
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I love you for this. I would have loved you for it even more had you posted about it before I started Outlander on audiobook. 😀
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You ARE Brilliant!!
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Can’t you set yours to remember your place within the track? I always tell my audiobooks to do that, and if I get to the wrong track on my iPod, it will be in the right place when I get back to the right one. Of course, you still have to remember what track you are on.
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It’s remembering the track I’m on that gives me trouble.
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Gotta say my interest is piqued about why you were in hiding 😉
Great way to bookmark your audio. I listen on my iPod so I don’t have this capability really but maybe one day 🙂
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No big secret. I had a trial last week. Jurors google things.
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