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Audiobook lovers, you CAN take it with you – in the CataCombo Sound System casket! Check out this video & start creating your playlist of everlasting audios now, so that you’ll be able to lay back and listen to your favorite books for all eternity. As soon as I saw the $31,000 casket in this Device post [...]

Now here’s a challenge for librarians planning programming to celebrate the release of The Hobbitt!  

Watch it you must – and just in time for the release of The Hobbit: The Lord of the Libraries by Chris Martin, who wrote and directed this epic in 2004 while a student at Kansas University. There’s more about Martin and his completely AWESOME video in this KU News article released when Martin won an Emmy [...]

A roundup of audiobook links of interest… Join AudioGO on September 28th for Librarian’s Day 2012! Are you close to Providence , Rhode Island? Take a road trip to AudioGo’s North Kingston studio for a tour 7 some treats. Author talks and Q&As with bestselling authors James R. Benn (Death’s Door) and Janet Taylor Lisle (The Lost Flower Children). Plus a [...]

One classic, one comedy, one Christian. Download now before these offers expire! This week’s SYNC titles, courtesy of  HarperAudio and Recorded Books:  Guys Read: Funny Business Edited by Jon Scieszka. Read by Michael Boatman, Kate DiCamillo, John Keating, Jon Scieszka, Bronson Pinchot. Published by Harper Audio. Ten stories guaranteed to delight, amuse, and possibly make you spit your milk [...]

E.L. James’ blockbuster as audiobook? Laugh your way through Ellen’s video that perfectly illustrates (not!) what we audiobook reviewers call “narrator match.” Just in case you’re wondering, you CAN listen to the real thing: The 50 Shades of Grey audio from Random House is read by Becca Battoe. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

Shelf Awareness Pro has scooped everyone on the newest from Amazon in this newsletter: http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1705. Required reading for all literature lovers!

Awesome remake of movie trailer for Suzanne Collins’ mega hit, using the original audio track with Barbie & Ken (and friends) recreating the visuals. Totally terrific! I’m showing this to the teens in my school library who are eager to start creating movie trailers for their favorite books. Want more? Check out the message below [...]

Need a Monday laugh? This NSFW parody gives a glance inside the recording booth as a prima donna puppet adds his voice over to a Hunger Games movie trailer. Be prepared as he makes love to your ear drums with his sexy voice! Thanks to Karin Perry for the link

Love. This. The Guardian imagines the story of the Three Little Pigs, 21st century-style, in print and online.  Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith – are you taking notes for The True Story of the Three Little Pigs 2.0??