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Narrators have a terrific resource: AudioEloquence.com, maintained by Judith West and Heather Henderson. I spoke with these two narrators about the need for a collection of accent and pronunciation aids found on AudioEloquence, and have their interview below. I can’t wait to actually meet Judith & Heather at the Audio Publishers Association’s APAC conference in New York [...]

Audiobooks everywhere! Zombies, celebrities, and media icons – in print, out loud & on video. A round-up of audio awesomeness: I am a HUGE fan on the 2007 abridged audiobook version of Max Brooks’ World War Z, and CANNOT wait for the new & improved unabridged production – here’s some insider info from Brooks himself: [...]

Wow! 24 totally free downloadable audiobooks, both current YA bestsellers and classics – a gift from audio publishing partners through the Sync YA Literature promotion. Grab two freebies all summer long, and build your personal audiobook collection. School & public librarians are encouraged to promote this great way to keep tweens & teens (and adults!) [...]

The best audiobook experience? The top four titles of 2013, according to the Audio Publishers Association, are listed below. The organization announce the finalists for the two premier categories recognized at the Audies Awards today. I announced the nominees for Audiobook of the Year earlier today, and the complete list of all 28 categories in [...]

Four finalists: great listening combined with savvy marketing – the criteria for APA’s Audiobook of the Year. You can read the whole list of Audies nominees in this post – 28 categories! But Audiobook of the Year is the highest honor, and the APA just released the titles vying for the top prize – here’s the [...]

A round-up of links featuring all things audiobook. And apologies for my blog absence while I’ve been handling all things family… The Office grappled with the NSFW use of the audiobook of Fifty Shades of Grey: http://youtu.be/uX9fDnS9jU The American Library Association’s ALSC blog has suggestions for Family Listening:  http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2013/03/listen-up/ Romeo and Juliet—Q&A with Blackstone’s Studio [...]

Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults, a list of top teen audios from the American Library Association’s YALSA division, will be finalized during the upcoming Midwinter conference. I’ve copied the (huge!) list of nominations below, plus you’ll want to check out the past lists on the Amazing Audiobooks website:  http://www.ala.org/yalsa/amazing-audiobooks. And here are more  than a [...]

Two more lists to add to the ten in this previous post – check out Publishers Weekly’s Listen-Up Awards & Sound Commentary blog’s top titles. More great listening – a perfect way to fulfill your new year’s resolution to read more great books while on the daily commute, at the gym, doing chores, crafting, walking [...]

Audiobook news for the new year, from Pinterest to the vision impaired to the Dog Whisperer. Happy Listening to all in 2013! “Reading the Fine Print” by Oliver Sacks in the New York Times is food for thought about the difference between listening to an audiobook and reading a physical book with large print text. [...]

Looking for great audio? Ten top lists for adult & youth titles. Check out these links from Booklist,  Salon,   School Library Journal,   NY Daily News,    The Washington Post,   The Guardian,   The Times (London),    AudioFile,   Audible.com, and  All About Romance. Great suggestions for downloading good books on those new holiday iPads, smartphones, Kindles, Nooks, and [...]