Holiday Gift Guide 2019: Audio

For those on your gift list who enjoy listening to great books, here are five narrated by top stars of stage and screen. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Slate | 2016-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audio Book Club Reads When Breath Becomes Air

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[ Slate | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac brings Peter James audio in-house

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inside Brit + Co’s new Snapchat Discover partnership to brand the holidays

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[ Digiday | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audio Book Club Practices Better Living Through Criticism

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[ Slate | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Insider's Guide To Landing A Book Deal

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[ Fast Company | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audio Book Club Travels to (Lucia) Berlin

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[ Slate | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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