To make listening to a good book as simple as reading one, Findaway World (Findaway) has invented Playaway, the first self-playing digital audio book. Not an MP3 or CD player and not software, Playaway is the self-contained audio equivalent of a book, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Half the size of a deck of cards, Playaway is perfect for people who enjoy hearing books come to life while traveling, commuting, walking across campus, or enjoying sports and hobbies on the go. Using clearly-marked buttons, one can adjust the speed of a narrator's voice and easily move both forward and backward through their audio selection. The unit even automatically bookmarks itself when turned off, so the listener doesn’t lose his or her spot

Each Playaway holds the entire book, regardless of length. Playtime depends on length of content and ranges from a unit that holds six hours of content to versions that hold 40 hours or more.

Current Playaway Titles

Adult Titles

Hard Truth by Nevada Barr

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Marker by Robin Cook

Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco

Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki

1776 by David McCullough

Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters

Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick

Debuntante Divorcee by Plum Sykes

Children/Young Adult Titles

Book Without Words by Avi

Shadowland by Meg Cabot

Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

Mossflower by Brian Jacques

Freaks by Annette Curtis Klause

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson

Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon

Playaway Titles On-Order

Adult Titles

Learn Anywhere! French

Learn Anywhere! Italian

Learn Anywhere! Spanish

Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

One on One Yoga by Mimi Loureiro

One on One Yoga 2 by Mimi Loureiro

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Point to Point Navigation by Gore Vidal

Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

On Agate Hill by Lee Smith

Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Collectors by David Baldaccci

Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich

Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee

Dark Voyage by Alan Frust

Children/Young Adult Titles

Mattimeo by Brian Jacques

King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements

Uglies by Scott Westerfield

Printer's Devil by Paul Bajoria

Eragon by Christopher Paolini