01/24/2012 @ 12:00AM
Starting today Audiobooks.com is offering subscribers access thousands of audio book titles in the cloud. The subscription service, which is compatible with Internet-enabled smartphones and PCs, including the iPhone and Android smartphones, uses proprietary cloudmark sync technology.
10/26/2011 @ 12:00AM
Audible has teamed with Neil Gaiman to do an audiobook series curated by the bestselling author.
10/03/2011 @ 12:00AM
Audible.com, the provider of digital spoken-word entertainment, is introducing a line of audio performances by some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman.
05/16/2011 @ 12:00AM
PW takes the pulse of the latest innovations in audiobook marketing.
The Audio Publishers Association is set to kick off its 14th annual June Is Audiobook Month campaign, designed to celebrate the industry and bring greater awareness of audiobooks. As formats and consumer habits have changed over the past 10 years—sometimes dramatically—audio publishers have kept pace with evolving marketing efforts. We checked in with the APA and publishers to see how they've been getting audio titles heard.
05/16/2011 @ 12:00AM
PW catches up with the award-winning narrator to talk about bringing books to life—and audio.
Scott Brick has narrated more than 500 books. Along the way, he's been feted (with 40 Earphones Awards, PW's own Listen Up Awards, and an Audie Award) and challenged (Scandinavian pronunciation). He shares his enthusiasm for the industry and lets us in on his preparation process (horror movies help).
05/16/2011 @ 12:00AM
What does it take to bring a book to audio? What are the creative decisions that must be made? Who makes them? We go behind the scenes with the team behind David Foster Wallace's posthumously published masterpiece.
Converting any book to audio is an exacting endeavor. When the book is written by a celebrated author known for his expansive, experimental style (think: footnotes, endnotes, digressions, jargon, acronyms) the process is that much more challenging. And when the book is an unfinished, fragmentary, posthumously published novel, the task looks almost impossible.
05/16/2011 @ 12:00AM
A look at the state of audio books from three different angles.
Barbara Vey
While I'm visiting St. Louis, author Jeannie Lin caught a Tweet I posted about coffee at a local cafe. She contacted me and we met up for a wonderful visit....
Josie Leavitt
We are blessed with a rich and vibrant core of local authors in our town. When a customer comes to us with his or her book we do our best to herald the occasion. I'm discovering that my idea of herald...
Rose Fox
Help compile lists of Asian and Asian-American SF/F authors....
Adam Boretz
Our second feature in Publishers Weekly's Focus on Audio 2012 takes us inside a Random House Audio recording studio to see how an audiobook gets made as Marcus Samuelsson records his memoir, Yes, Chef...
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