Vic November 30th, 2007
While this post may not have anything to do with audio books it does have a lot to do with books in general and more specifically how books are being read.
The news about Amazons' new wireless reader called The Kindle is making it's rounds both online and off. In just the last few I've seen reviews about it on blogs, seen ads about it on TV, received numerous emails about it and even watched reviews about it on YouTube.
Just put Kindle in any search box today and you're bound to get plenty of results. As with many brand new devices some reviewers say it has a few short comings however most has a number of good things to say about it.
So if you're looking for a gift for the person who has everything and loves the latest gadgets you may want to take a closer look.
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Vic November 27th, 2007
Although we all understand and like free audio books you may be wondering…What is CPUnion?
CPUnion or Creative Power Union is the worlds largest internet Co-op. As a FREE member you can enjoy FREE content which includes over 250 ebooks, a dozen or so videos and 3 completely free audio books.
All three audio book titles are on the subject of business and marketing but the ebooks cover a wide variety topics.
I found out about CPUnion at the World Internet Main Event in San Francisco in September of this year, and joined as a Founding Member.
I was recently reminded of all the benefits that are available to free members including the 3 audio books so I wanted to bring them to your attention. To join for free and get imediate access to all the free content join CPUnion now.
Vic November 20th, 2007
As promised in my last post here's the link to a video tutorial explaining how to get your downloaded audio book into your iPod.
The instructions given in this video are for audio files that are copyright protected with digital rights management protection which may not apply to all audio files.
In a future post I'll direct those of you that want to burn your audio book to CD to the a tutorial that explains that process.
I hope you're finding my posts in this blog helpful and would like to ask you what other types of information you'd like to see here.
This blog is here to help the audio enthusiast in their quest for information related to all types audio content which includes audio books, podcasts, recorded live events and much more. Please let me know if there's anyway I can help you get more out of your love for audio content whatever form it takes.
Vic November 18th, 2007
I thought it might be helpful for those of you that read this Blog but may not frequent our audio book store for me to post links to some very helpful video tutorials that are made available there.
With all the links I post here to free audio books I got to thinking that many of you may not visit my store at all…which of course is just fine with me…but if you never get to my store you are missing out some very useful audio book resources so I thought I'd post links to some of the most widely used ones here.
The first video tutorial is about how to transfer your digital media files to your digital media player.
For those of you that have an iPod I'll post that link in my next post.
Vic November 14th, 2007
DEDICATION
Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
Read by Ashley West
Kate Hollis, now a grown woman, has waited for years for the love of her life, Jake Sharpe, now a rock-and-roll legend, to return home, so she can finally tell him off. Jake has had hit after hit, singing about his former relationship with Kate, something she can't escape or get over. Ashley West is energetic in this fast-paced, funny coming-of-age story of first love, true friendship, and the pain of growing up. West captures each of the characters as they grow from giggling teenager to 30-something adult. She seamlessly moves the story back and forth in time as the present is revealed through the lessons of the past. A.C.P. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
Get your copy of this wonderful audio book.
Vic November 5th, 2007
Our congratulations go out to LibriVox on the release of their 1,000th public domain audio book. We first told you about LibriVox in January of this year. You can review that post here. Since than they show no signs of slowing down. Their mission is to record and freely distribute as many public domain audio books as possible with the help of volunteer narrators.
LibriVox.org was established in August of 2005…Thirteen people collaborated to make the first recording, Joseph Conrad’s Secret Agent and just over two years later the free audio book project has just cataloged its 1,000th book: Murders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allan Poe (read by Reynard T. Fox).
With the help of many volunteers LibriVox is now putting out 60-70 books a month, and their catalog includes Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Einstein’s Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. They have recorded in 21 languages, and about half of their titles are narrated by one reader and the other half are collaborations among many readers.
You can find out more here.
Vic November 1st, 2007
Dennis Boutsikaris is a winner–and he has two Obie Awards and an Audie Award (CHASING THE DEVIL, 2005) to prove it. Now he can add another Audie to that list. Max Brooks's WORLD WAR Z won the 2007 Audie for Multi-voiced Performance, and Dennis does the introduction and plays one of its generals. Dennis is delighted to be receiving his third Earphones Award for Richard North Patterson's EXILE. In addition to numerous Broadway, TV, and film roles, he has recorded over 50 audiobooks, including the Earphones winners UNDERWORLD by Don DeLillo and THE TRAITOR by Stephen Coonts. He especially enjoys recording nonfiction and loved working on Daniel Goleman's SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Dennis also had fun recording his recent series of Harlequin romances for Audible. He laughs, "The studio gets quite steamy." An avid audiobook fan, he is currently listening to Sam Harris's LETTERS TO A CHRISTIAN NATION. Dennis considers Frank Muller his all-time-favorite narrator. "Whenever I'm nervous about a book, I listen to him. It's a bar to be reached." Dennis is currently recording Joseph Finder's POWERPLAY for Audio Renaissance and just finished a small independent film, "Calling It Quits," in which he has the lead.
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Here are 8 of Dennis' works
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General
The newest novel from one of America's best-loved and bestselling novelists - Anita Shreve
$23.25 (9 hours)
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True Crime
Sheriff David Reichert — "My twenty-year quest to capture the Green River killer."
$20.99 (6 hours)
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Politics
The assassination of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander "Sasha" Litvinenko in November 2006 — poisoned by the rare radioactive element polonium — caused an international sensation.
$17.95 (6 hours)
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Detective
New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is back with a spine-tingling story of murder and betrayal—and a homicide detective's struggle with his own rules of conduct.
$17.95 (6 hours)
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Detective
New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is back with a spine-tingling story of murder and betrayal—and a homicide detective's struggle with his own rules of conduct.
$29.29 (13 hours)
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Action & Adventure
If anything, The Righteous Man is more readable than The Da Vinci Code—the sense of menace is darker and the characters are more believable.
$17.95 (6 hours)
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Thrillers
An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means…
$16.95 (6 hours)
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Fiction and Comedy
Frank Machianno, an affable, funny, middle-aged Italian with a love of people and life, has his own life turned upside down when his past revisits him in the form of a wise-assed kid who knows that Frank was once “Frankie Machine,” the most feared hit man in the west-coast Mafia.
$19.95 (9 hours)
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