Ambling Audio Books

Ambling Books was a privately held online company that offered free and paid DRM-free audiobooks for download and audio book player software for computers and mobile devices. Ambling was also a distribution channel for audiobook publishers. The company went out of business in February 2016.

History and Timeline

 * Nov. 2008 - iBookTreasures.com begins development phase.
 * Feb. 2009 - Company is incorporated by owner Howard Davis as iBookTreasures, LLC
 * July 2010 - Launched AmblingBooks.com as a distribution channel for audiobooks.
 * Jan 2011 - Release Ambling BookPlayer for Windows.
 * Mar. 2011 - Released Ambling BookPlayer for the Mac.
 * July 2011 - Released Ambling BookPlayer for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
 * February 2016 - Ambling Books shuts down

AmblingBookPlayer.com
In August 2009, the AmblingBookPlayer.com site was launched offering specialized audiobook playing software called the Ambling BookPlayer. This software, initially created for Android devices, offered several benefits over existing MP3 players:
 * Automatic file handling (listeners interact with multiple MP3 files as a single book).
 * Chapter-based, instead of file-based navigation.
 * Extensive bookmarking and note-making capabilities.
 * Series-based library organization (titles in a series are ordered by chronological date, not alphabetically).
 * Automatic bookmark history prevents listeners from losing their place
 * Sleep timer stops the audio book playback during nighttime listening

The Ambling BookPlayer application supports both wired and wireless downloading of audio books from AmblingBooks.com. The Ambling BookPlayer has received high ratings from users of the application.