Form 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Rush, Paul A.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Earful of Books, Inc. (EARZ)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _X_ Director ___ 10% Owner _X_ Officer (give ___ Other (specify title below) below) Chief Executive Officer
(Last) (First) (Middle) 907 W. Fifth Street, Suite 203	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Year 10/2001
(Street) Austin, Texas 78703		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)	Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	10/01/2001	P		1,000	A	$0.35		D
Common Stock	10/02/2001	P		1,000	A	$0.40		D
Common Stock	10/04/2001	P		500	A	$0.40		D
							1,551,017	D

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.Title of Derivative Security
(Instr.3)

2. Conversion or
Exercise
Price of
Derivative
Security

3. Transaction
Date
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative
Securities
Acquired (A) or Disposed of(D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of
Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of
Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)

9.Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned at
End of
Month
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership
Form of
Derivative
Security:
Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date
Exercisable

Expiration
Date

Title

Amount
or
Number
of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	/s/ Paul A. Rush **Signature of Reporting Person	11/09/2001 Date
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