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CNET’s top pick? The iTouch. Runners up? Sansa Clip+, iPod Classic, Zune HD, and the Creative Zen. The best bargan? The Sansa Clip+, at $200 less than its rivals. Be sure to read the complete article by Donald Bell, CNET Senior Editor, for specific details about each unit. If you select one of the players [...]

Did you catch this story by Ann Oldenberg from USA Today? Audiobook producer Elisa Shokoff shares the story of recording Swayze & wife Lisa Niemi’s autobiography The Time of My Life in the last days of Swayze’s life. Sure to be high demand for this Simon & Schuster Audio title from Swayze’s fans and from [...]

These  fantastic videos show the recording of  YA novel Once Was Lost, with great interviews and on-location footage. The multi-talented Sara Zarr not only writes terrific titles such as her National Book Award finalist The Story of a Girl, she also narrates her own audiobooks, as she did for Sweethearts, The Story of a Girl, [...]

Author Amy Huntley shares her thoughts on the “reading or cheating” audiobook debate. What a wonderful boost for educators who integrate audiobooks in their reading & language arts instruction! I’m printing this out to add to my file of audiobook research and forwarding to those who need ammunition in combating resistance to listing to literature. [...]

Now there’s a title that will catch the attention of Shakespeareans and slackers alike – and a just $5.95 special deal on iTunes! Jess Winfield, cofounder of the comedy troupe Reduced Shakespeare Company, talks about his debut novel My Name is Will and the process of recording of the audiobook in this video. I love [...]

The home of 2,557 audiobooks in 26 languages – all FREE. Hugh McGuire launched the volunteer-effort audiobook publishing model LibriVox on August 10th, 2005. Hugh is this week’s Inside the Audiobook Studio guest, ready to share the background on this amazing project. Want more information on LibriVox? Subscribe to the Community Podcast here. Have you [...]

Subtract the illustrations from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, add the author’s narration and what do you get? This year’s Odyssey Award-winning title recognized as the best in audiobook production. Audiobooks for young listeners have long featured the audio rendition of text plus added music & effects. But what about audiobooks of [...]

Wonder if your comments are heard? John Green, Kaite Mediatore Stover, Nora Rawlinson, and I responded to Keir Graff as he posed the comment question during the “Books and Blogs: Made for Each Other?” session at the American Library Association’s annual conference. Of course I recorded the session for you audiophiles, available here
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Audio, video, lesson plans & more available for free at Teaching Books.net. Here’s more from TeachingBook’s founder, Nick Glass:
A few weeks ago I posted a request for a few hard-to-find cover images of books that were recognized by the Coretta Scott King Book Award. Needless to say, ALSC colleagues came through — generously scanning and [...]

OMG – this is the best book trailer I’ve seen yet: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters from Quirk Classics I loooved the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies audiobook – currently available as download-only from Audible, not until October on CD  from Brilliance. Total strangers wondered about my sanity as I strolled down the sidewalk [...]