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Selecting a Microphone for Recording Audio Books
MicrophonesFor multi-person conversations in real time try to give everyone their own mic, their own channel, and expect to clean up afterwards. The sound level via a USB connection can be low, impacting the quality so if you have a firewire connection, use Firewire microphones instead of USB.
Pop FiltersYou will also need a microphone screen to reduce sibilant sounds [words with 's' and 'ch'] and plosive sounds [words with hard 'p' and 'b' sounds]. You can make one yourself for less than $10. These sounds can also be reduced by SMILING to stretch the mouth while speaking and using a boom stand with the mic facing downward. You can test the effectiveness by recording the following two statements:
Musicians
Gear Pop Filter, 6" Nady
MPF-6 Nady 6 Inch Clmap On Next: Audio Editing Software Audio Index | Microphones | Editing Software | Recording | Editing | Audio Resources
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- around $80
- around $99US 
- a smaller microphone designed for portability and is around
$50 US)
- around $100. Has a headphone jack for monitoring, but nothing
else. No on-mic gain control, no sound settings.
- “Digital Signal Processing” does a good job reducing
ambient noise. 
($90) or an even better deal is the Shure package - 
- around $30 or headset version.
- around $15 
- around $28