Reviews of James M. Cain’s The Cocktail Waitress, Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue, and Fangoria’s Dreadtime Stories, plus a full list of audiobook reviews in the Feb. 1 issue.
AudioGO Releasing Revised Wasserman Bio as E/Audiobook
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AudioGo will be marketing the ebook and audiobook editions of Kathleen Sharp’s update to her 2004 biography of Hollywood power couple Lew and Edie Wasserman, who operated both the MCA talent agency and Universal Studios. In Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire, journalist Sharp, who covered the movies/TV for [...]
Audio Newsbrief | January 2013
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Review of Galaxy Audio Readers Theater Performance Kit.
Audio Reviews | January 2013
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Reviews of the audiobooks of Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone, Rachel Maddow’s Drift, and Alex Grecian’s The Yard, plus a full list of audiobook reviews in the January issue.
AudioGO and Karin Slaughter Sign Exclusive Ten-Title Deal
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Furthering a relationship begun in 2008, AudioGO and Karin Slaughter have signed an agreement granting the publisher exclusive North American audiobook rights to the bestselling thriller writer’s next ten titles. AudioGO previously released Slaughter’s Martin Misunderstood, which snagged a 2009 Audie Award nomination in the humor category. The publisher since has released Slaughter’s novels Criminal [...]
Ashley Prentice Norton on The Chocolate Money | Tantorious
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Ashley Prentice Norton is a graduate of Exeter, Georgetown, and the Creative Writing Program at New York University. The Chocolate Money is her first novel. It explores the relationship between an heiress and her sensitive young daughter. Tantorious is a semi-monthly podcast series featuring interviews with well-known authors, hosted by Allan Hoving and presented by Tantor Audio.
Audio Reviews | December 2012
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Reviews of Chris Bohjalian’s The Sandcastle Girls, Pierre Boulle’s Planet of the Apes, and Fanny Merkin’s Fifty Shames of Earl Grey, plus a full list of audiobook reviews from the Dec. issue.
Ken Jennings on Because I Said So! | Tantorious
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Best known as the winner of 74 games on the television show Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings is also the bestselling author of Maphead, Brainiac, and Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac. His new book, Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids, tells us that mother and father didn’t always know best. Jennings narrates the Tantor audiobook edition. Tantorious is a semi-monthly podcast series featuring interviews with well-known authors, hosted by Allan Hoving and presented by Tantor Audio.
B&T Launches Free Downloadable Audiobook Platform
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Baker & Taylor (B&T) December 11 announced the launch of Acoustiks, a mobile platform “that allows consumers to buy and download digital audiobooks on their Apple and Android devices” using a free app powered by Findaway World, LLC.
Q&A: Blackstone Audio’s Anne Fonteneau | November 15, 2012
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LJ’s Mike Rogers interviews Anne Forteneau, Digital Sales Director for Blackstone Audio
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