Audiobook discussion list
Posted by: Mary Burkey
Audiobook expert Pam Spencer Holley, the amazing woman who spearheaded the Odyssey Award Task Force and the chair of this year’s Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production, sent me information about an audiobook discussion list that I didn’t know about. So of course, I immediately subscribed! Thanks, Pam! Here’s more information…
AUDIOBOOKS is a discussion list for everyone who writes, publishes, narrates, sells, rents, buys or listens to audiobooks and all other forms of spoken word audio.
Formerly owned and operated by the Audio Publishers Association, it is now owned and managed by Audio Diversions, a pioneering online reseller and renter of audiobooks, now based in Falls Church, Virginia.
Subscribers are invited to freely discuss audiobooks they are reading or have read; narrators they liked or didn’t; new trends in publishing, narrating or performing for audiobooks; changes in the technollogy of producing, selling or listening to audiobooks or anything else men and women in the audiobook world might find of interest.
Interested? To subscribe to the list, click here:
http://list.audiodiversions.com/mailman/listinfo/audiobooks_list.audiodiversions.com
January 19th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
In listening to non-fiction audiobooks, I miss being able to see a table of contents or visually scan a chapter. Is there a service which has text as well as audio available online? I don’t need to print it, just be able to refer to it from time to time.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
You might want to take a look at the post on Text Synchronized Audiobooks – this is a feature that I am sure we will see expanded in the future!
http://audiobooker.booklistonline.com/2009/01/12/text-synchronized-audiobooks-iclassix-apple-app-librivox/
March 26th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I actually prefer reading a hard copy book. The feeling of the paper between my fingers, the allowance to take a break. These are the reasons why I prefer the old way.
I do however, love to listen to audio books in the car with my family. I got through the entire Harry potter series driving back and forth to visit family.
They both have their advantages and dis-advantages.
Thanks it was a good read.
March 26th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I often use Amazon’s “Search Inside” feature when I want to see the text of an audiobook!
August 4th, 2009 at 10:44 am
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