Booklist Online: Book Reviews from the American Library Association

If you are ever trying to track down the availability of a title in audiobook format, don’t waste time on store sites such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble. You’ll miss titles published by Recorded Books, BBC Audio, or other major audiobook companies. Or you might find only the mass-market abridged version, and never realize [...]

Grab nine FREE short stories from best-selling authors. Just click here, open a Barnes & Nobel account, add the titles to your cart, and download! It looks as though the titles each cost a penny, but there is no charge at the final checkout. Enjoy!

Now this is awesome! Random House UK’s Book and Beyond offers added content to each eBook purchased and downloaded, from video clips to games & quizzes. Check out the terrific plus when The Book Thief is purchased – the reader chooses either to read the eBook or listen to the audiobook at the beginning of [...]

I had the pleasure of serving as a judge for the Audies‘ Distinguished Achievement in Production award, with the wonderful requirement of critically listening to outstanding audiobooks. Here’s the official press release on the nominees from the Audio Publishers Association:
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced three Audie nominees for the prestigious Audiobook of the [...]

Nice article by Elizabeth Bluemie in PW’s Shelftalker: Let’s Hear It for the (British) Boys: Male Audiobook Narrators and the Bookseller Who Loves Them. I completely agree with her choices – check out the roster and the comments for terrific suggestions. Those smooth British accents guarantee the “Mr. Yumm” effect!

Welcome to another look at evaluating audiobooks. In Part One & Part Two of Listening with a Critical Ear, I focused on the skills of the narrator. Today’s spotlight is on the production team and the music that creates the setting and mood of an audiobook. Often, it is the music that raises an audiobook [...]

The power of the human voice is the foundation of the One Media Player per Teacher project. With the goal of breaking the bonds of poverty for those who live in areas where electricity and internet access are impossibilities, the OMPT project has developed amazing low-cost solar & hand-cranked audio and video players. Learn more [...]

The American military knows the value of great literature for personnel & family members, available at no cost through base libraries & Military OneSource – from the newest fiction bestseller to Arabic languge learning. Playaway has supplied over 150,00 audiobook titles through their military program. The Wyoming State Library has developed another great outreach program:
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