In the Studio with Macmillan Audio: Focus on Audio 2014

It’s six p.m., and I’m at John Marshall Media near Times Square in New York City, sitting in the recording booth where Kathleen McInerney has been narrating two audiobooks back-to-back for the past eight hours. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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