To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some Amazon users spotted an ad for a Kindle Unlimited service, which would let users access as many ebook and audio titles as they wanted (within a certain library) for $9.99 a month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month, Dan Kois, David Haglund, and New York Times Book Review editor Parul Sehgal discuss My Struggle: Book One, the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-book autobiographical epic. Can the endless accretion of detail a masterpiece make? Would people respond differently to this... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gregory David Roberts’ cult hit Shantaram (Abacus) is available in audiobook for the first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the encroachment of digital downloads, sales of physical audiobooks remain resilient, with Nielsen BookScan reporting that units were up 6% through the first five months of 2014 compared to the same period last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month, Dan Kois, Jamelle Bouie, and Emily Bazelon discuss Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel about two Nigerians who migrate west: Ifemelu to America, and Obinze to London. Is the romance between these two star-crossed lovers convincing? Do the novel’s sharp-edged takes on race in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
To commemorate Audiobook Month, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) is orchestrating a blog tour as a part of its June Is Audiobook Month campaign (JIAM), during which 31 different websites will give away an Audie-winning audiobook each day in June. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following the notice B&N sent to customers that it is shutting down its downloadable audio section, a spokesperson for the retailer told PW the company plans to re-enter the market at some point in the future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Audio has announced that Oprah Winfrey is in the studio narrating the audiobook for "What I Know For Sure." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month, Dan Kois, Jessica Winter, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Jenny Offill’s slim but potent novel Dept. of Speculation. Does the novel’s bifurcated structure work? Is its theme of the difficulty of making art when facing the daily struggles of domesticity resonant? What does that title... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month, Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Maria Semple’s best-selling comic novel Where’d You Go, Bernadette. Our critics discuss the novel’s unique epistolary/documentary structure; hash out whether its satire of upper-crust parents is biting or toothless; and debate... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Audible founder Don Katz launched the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) platform in May 2011, he said one of the main goals was to help increase the number of audiobooks released into the market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Humble Bundle, the online venture that distributes bundles of digital content for a price decided by the consumer, is releasing its third bundle of ebooks, including a self-produced DRM-free audiobook of Cory Doctorow's novel "Homeland." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month Slate’s Audio Book Club hits the road for a live show at Town Hall Seattle. Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and special guest star Hugh Howey (Wool) discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel of war and space aliens, Slaughterhouse-Five. The trio discuss Vonnegut’s deep depression, the way Billy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The collection will debut with 40,000 titles, powered by Findaway World, including offerings from every major publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kay to give the play-by-play of Rivera’s ‘Closer’ and more in this month's audio book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon-owned audiobook retailer Audible is lowering the royalty rates it pays authors who self-publish, and exclusively sell, their audiobooks through the website. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Of all the ways to enjoy a book, minds wander most when we're listening to someone else read it.With so much focus in the publishing world on ebooks, you might have missed the recent explosion in the popularity of audio books. They've become a billion-dollar industry with huge annual sales... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of The Group, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
All-star cast gathers for ‘Suspicious Incidents’ and more in this month's audio book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]