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Want to test the Brad Pitt Factor for yourself? Here’s a list of the available audiobook editions of the New York Times’ picks for the top youth titles of 2008, from the Dec. 7th article Notable Children’s Books of 2008 and the slide show of the Best Ilustrated Children’s Books. Grab the audiobooks and see [...]

Check out Audiobooker for updates on the newest freebie promotions for downloadable audiobooks. Here are two new free downloads: From Zondervan Christian Publishing: for a limited time: Free Audio Book Download Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace by Cathleen Falsani To receive your free audio book, click on the download link below and save [...]

Planning your after-Thanksgiving shopping? Looking for an MP3 player for audiobook listening? Here’s cnet’s Holiday Gift Guide for MP3 & portable video players (including iPods), with some headphone suggestions. You can compare the suggestions to an earlier cnet article on Best MP3 players for audiobooks. There’s also a cnet Forum on Best, current MP3 players [...]

The New York Times had a recent interesting article: If You Like This, You’re Sure to Like That by Clive Thompson. The article examines the difficulty of using a computer program, such as NetFlix’s Cinematch, to create recommendation lists. I admit an addiction to clicking through my Amazon and iTunes recommendations, ofter lured into wildly [...]

Dr. Teri Lesesne, better known as the Goddess of YA Literature, declared a YA Reader’s Bill of Rights at the recent ALAN conference during her keynote speech as the ALAN Award winner: YA Reader’s Bill of Rights 1. Right to read YA Literature at any age 2. Right to read extensively instead of intensively 3. [...]

Here’s a great way to celebrate the holidays with your family & friends: StoryCorp’s National Day of Listening. StoryCorp’s mission is “to help people honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening.” So they have posted a Do-It-Yourself guide to “encourage, instruct, and inspire people to record conversations with loved ones.” Take time to listen [...]

Looking for another audiobook link? Try Sound Commentary, an endeavor of Jean Palmer & Francine Levitov, two reviwers for the now-defunct Kliatt magazine. And I love their logo:

From the U.K.’s Guardian, a story on British family entertainment company Chorion‘s new service that provides classic tales Mr Men, Paddington Bear, and Noddy with a new digital twist. “Time for a Story” allows children to interact with a distant adult who can share an online story through an Internet connection, webcam, and microphone. Get [...]

Here in Columbus, Ohio all is well! And for those of you who just can’t get enough of the Game… From Tyndale House Publishers From Hachette Audio Do you like sports audiobooks? Here is a great new blog to follow: Sports-Audiobooks Only two months old and over 70 posts!

Here’s an article on audiobooks being counterfeited and sold on eBay as bootleg CDs. Lemony Snicket, Harry Potter, Narnia, and Lord of the Rings are mentioned as top sellers. And the U.K. Publisher’s Associations report on e-piracy interestingly states that Science Fiction & Fantasy “accounts for most of the volume of pirated audio books.” Arrr!