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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 [...]

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 [...]

John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, the 2013 Odyssey Award-winner, is the subject of my interview with Laura Grafton, who has directed all of Green’s audiobooks for Brilliance Audio. The interview appears in the current issue of Booklist magazine, but the word-count limit means that some of Grafton’s remarks had to be left out. So [...]

AudioGo, previously BBC Audiobooks America, acquires Blackstone Audio, pioneering audiobook publisher. Here’s more from The Bookseller: AudioGO c.e.o. Mike Bowen will serve as c.e.o. of the combined Group. Josh Stanton will continue as president of Blackstone Audio and become c.e.o. of the North America operations. Craig Black has been appointed to the Group’s board of directors and [...]

  Congrats to Bolinda Audio & narrators Morven Christie and Lucy Gaskell, on their recognition as the year’s best audiobook by the American Library Association’s Booklist magazine. This brilliantly-plotted historical fiction is enhanced by the subtle and superb dual-narration. Give this crossover YA title a listen. You will be astounded! From the full press release, here [...]

Politics, music icons, audio for dogs, the year’s best titles & more. Here’s a mega round-up of all things audiobook! Audible has announced their list of the best audiobooks & narrator of the year: http://www.audible.com/int/Best_of_2012DEC/?source_code=AUDOR94NCEM112912&bp_ua=yes What are audiobook aficionados from across the pond listening to this holiday season? Read Sue Arnold’s suggestions in The Guardian [...]

Congratulations to audiobooks recognized on the Grammy Award Nominination list – and to all of the other recordings on this full list. Here are the honored audios – a sweep for author-narrated titles: SPOKEN WORD FIELD Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) American Grown written & read by Michelle Obama, withVarious Artists. Random House [...]

A newly discovered work by Dashiell Hammett, with multi-voiced narration led by Peter Ganim, Nicola Barber, & Scott Brick, is today’s give-away. Just leave a comment below if you’d like to win a copy of HighBridge Audio’s just-released production. After the success of The Thin Man movie in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to write  two full-novellas for additional films. After [...]

Today’s roundup of audiobook links… USA Today featured the audiobook mega bestseller Gone Girl narrators Kirby Heyborne and Julia Whelan. For those of you who prefer to listen on a dedicated MP3 player, PC World has a “How to Buy an MP3 Player” by Wendy Sheehan Donnell with shopping tips. So many great webinars! Booklist just [...]