Wed, December 9th, 2009
Inside the Audiobook Studio: Golden Age Stories
Posted by: Mary Burkey
L. Ron Hubbard: pulp fiction master! Galaxy Press is republishing all of Hubbard’s 1930s & 40s short stories in print, as DVDs, video games, and as unabridged multi-cast recordings, done in the style of the radio dramas of the period. The Golden Age Stories series, which includes Orders is Orders, recreates an era of hard-boiled [...]
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Mon, December 7th, 2009
Free audiobook: Ringworld by Larry Niven
Posted by: Mary Burkey
Listen to this classic Sci-Fi as a free Audible download available here: http://www.audible.com/twitfree. Holiday time travel is the perfect opportunity to hear this winner of the 1970 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 1970 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1972 Ditmars, an Australian award for Best International Science Fiction.
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Sat, December 5th, 2009
Best small wireless device for accessing books?
Posted by: Mary Burkey
The answer is here: Mother Goose & Grimm by Mike Peters. Ah, library-themed humor
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Sat, December 5th, 2009
Today’s video break: Tame tangled cords
Posted by: Mary Burkey
Try this trick to clean up behind your desk and bring order to the box of mystery cables! Tying up your computer cable mess with a daisy chain from Wellington Grey on Vimeo.
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Thu, December 3rd, 2009
2010 Grammy Nominations
Posted by: Mary Burkey
Just released – the complete list of nominees for the 2010 Grammy Awards. Read the press release here. Of interest to audiobook fans – the Spoken Word categories: Category 77 Best Spoken Word Album For Children (For albums consisting of predominantly spoken word vs. music or song.) Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs Buck Howdy [...]
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Tue, December 1st, 2009
The Twitter Audiobook is here
Posted by: Mary Burkey
Neil Gaiman kicked it off, Katherine Kellgren voices the result, BBC Audiobooks America gives it to you free! Stop by BBCAA’s blog to download your MP3 of Hearts. Keys, and Puppetry and see what the Twitterverse created 140-character tweet by tweet. Wish you had taken part? Keep your fingers crossed! BBCAA’s marketing director Michele Cobb [...]
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