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Mary Burkey, a teacher, librarian, and audiobook addict, writes about listening, learning, and the joy of headsets

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Sun, October 18th, 2009
Best MP3 Players for Audiobooks
Posted by: Mary

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 [...]


Mon, October 12th, 2009
Gaiman and BBC Audiobooks Team With Twitter
Posted by: Mary

Add your tweets to complete a communal tale kicked off by the Hugo, Newbery, Nebula, and Bram Stoker Award-winner Neil Gaiman. The resulting story, a combination of 140-character contributions from around the globe, will be recorded as an audiobook by an as-yet-unnamed narrator by BBC Audiobooks America and distributed as a free download. When Michele [...]


Mon, October 5th, 2009
BBC’s Save Our Sounds
Posted by: Mary

Very cool. User-submitted sounds from around the globe, from lemurs in Madagascar to monks in Phnom Pehn. Give a listen if you want to turn your tongue to a foreign twang or need to recreate an authentic sound effect. A great resource for sound engineers who want to echo some of these endangered sounds. Or [...]


Tue, September 29th, 2009
Disney Look and Listen Online
Posted by: Mary

Multimedia downloads equal newfangled audiobooks for beginning readers – now with a new mainstream player entering the field. Disney offers an interactive online books subscription service for kids, featuring over 500 titles, ranging from old favorites like Bambi to new pop culture tie-ins such as Hannah Montana. Looks like they’re marketing to parents, with educational [...]


Tue, September 8th, 2009
Got Windows Mobile? Download with OverDrive!
Posted by: Mary

This just released by OverDrive, the leading global distributor of digital audiobooks:
With OverDrive Media Console for Windows Mobile, audiobook readers can now instantly download over the air from thousands of libraries and retailers in OverDrive’s global network. Customers purchasing digital audiobooks from Barnes & Noble or Borders.com can enjoy audiobooks on their Windows Mobile phones. [...]


Tue, September 1st, 2009
Audiobooks: That All May Learn
Posted by: Mary

Booklist’s Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries – a new & improved monthly e-newsletter – debuts today with great ideas for teachers, librarians, parents, and caregivers. Sign up for your FREE connection to reviews of the newest & best in children’s and YA literature, as well as exclusive content such this month’s columns on mystery [...]


Wed, August 12th, 2009
Inside the Audiobook Studio: Happy Birthday LibriVox!
Posted by: Mary

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 [...]


Fri, July 31st, 2009
Spooky Apple iPhone Patent
Posted by: Mary

Change audiobook narrator to your mom’s voice? Have Oprah read you her latest Book Club title? Want Paul McCartney to read you a bedtime story? Listen to Madonna rather than your history professor? That’s what tech detective hounds claim will be in the iPhone future through these patented inventions. Here’s more from the post on [...]


Fri, July 3rd, 2009
Happy 4th!
Posted by: Mary

National Public Radio celebrates with a Reading Of The Declaration of Independence – listen in!


Wed, July 1st, 2009
Audiobook Tipping Point?
Posted by: Mary

Read Happy Birthday! The Walkman Turns 30 and see this quote from Martyn Williams on the PCWorld website:
Sony introduced its Walkman portable cassette player thirty years ago this week, kicking off a revolution in the consumer electronics industry by changing the way people enjoy music.
I’d add audiobooks to the revolution, and believe that the combination [...]





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