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Audiobooks as a physical format: dead or alive? BookScan reports a 19% drop in the purchase of audiobooks in 2009. A recent Publishers Weekly article by Jim Milliot showed that physical sales of audiobooks took a hard hit, while print format sales had only a mild drop in the poor economic climate. Was this a [...]

Advocate for audiobooks! Writers who love the spoken word are invited to lead their support of the audiobook publishing community. Here’s the details from the Audio Publishers Association: June is Audiobook Month: Author Advocate Initiative Tapping into the already broad pool of authors who love audiobooks, the APA Communications Committee is launching a widespread media [...]

NASA’s Puffin personal flying suit brings the Jetsons to life!

Broadcasting in Haitian Creole, Faith Comes by Hearing spreads the Christian scripture through a solar-powered unit called The Proclaimer, capable of 400 languages. Read more on FOXNews.com about this project in Haiti. Thanks SDN, for the link

Tales from the Slush Pile by Ed Briant in Publisher’s Weekly Children’s Bookshelf newsletter

Those generously donating their skills in Haiti may download Pimsleur Audio Haitian Creole learning courses for FREE here http://bit.ly/4MB2Ls. This wonderful effort is through Simon & Schuster, who is generously donating the courses available as download to support the Haitian Relief Effort! What a marvelous use of audiobook technology.

I’m still thrilled about the Youth Media Awards announcements yesterday morning – especially the Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production. This year’s Odyssey roster has an interesting theme of multiplicity: Odyssey winner Live Oak Media gathered its second gold medal for Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken, Listen & Live Audio now has three [...]

Thanks, OverDrive, for posting the answer on your blog to my request for youth stats on my post highlighting the top 2009 audiobook & eBook downloads for adults! Here are the top 2009 audiobooks & eBooks for children & teens, downloaded from public library websites: Most Downloaded Juvenile Fiction Audiobooks from the Library (2009) (Title, [...]

Fantastic resources & materials for teachers, librarians, and parents are yours at the click of the mouse on Listening Library / Books on Tape’s website: http://library.booksontape.com/audiobooksandliteracy.cfm. You’ll find a wide selection of articles ranging from grant writing, to using audiobooks with English Language Learners, to increasing teen listening. Plus, the toolbox provides practical tips for [...]

Audiobook & eBook use via library download during the past year, for your consideration. And thanks, OverDrive, for answering my request for stats so quickly Now if you could just let me know the Young Adult & Youth titles! There are some pretty interesting (and mind boggling) numbers in the complete press release, but here [...]