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Katherine Kellgren commented on Jonathan Korzen's blog post 'A Brief History of Audiobooks'

Loved the NPR piece on the history of Caedmon Audio. I grew up listening to their classic recordings and love them still - the Eudora Welty recording they play at the end is one of my favorites! Thanks so much for posting!

Dec 4, 2010

A Brief History of Audiobooks

I was thrilled to find this National Public Radio piece on the formative days of the audiobook industry, and had to share it. It's a nice companion to last week's NPR profile of the relationship between George Guidall and Wally Lamb.Even before the founders of Caedmon cajoled Dylan Thomas into a recording studio,…See More

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A Brief History of Audiobooks

Blog post by Jonathan Korzen Nov 20, 2010

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Jonathan Korzen replied to Jonathan Korzen's discussion 'MacWorld article on audiobook formats' in the group Technology

I agree - Arielle's idea is brilliant! It could help the industry as a whole to increase title output, and foster a new generation of nimble readers/producers creating professional-grade titles in less time. If technological advances in both…

Jun 9, 2010

Xe Sands replied to Jonathan Korzen's discussion 'MacWorld article on audiobook formats' in the group Technology

Oh Arielle...what an awesome idea...software that can catch those clicks and mouth noises on the fly...how sweet would that be?

Jun 9, 2010

Arielle DeLisle replied to Jonathan Korzen's discussion 'MacWorld article on audiobook formats' in the group Technology

I saw that too, and get a real sense of pride when I read articles like that about our industry. As for formats, I don't want to jump on the "CDs will be obsolete" bandwagon, but their time may be coming to an end, just looking at…

Jun 9, 2010

MacWorld article on audiobook formats

Here is a welcome review of audiobook formats by writer, audiobook listener and MacWorld contributor Kirk McElhearn (with links back to AudiobookCommunity.com)! It was about 12 years ago that the only commercial formats were cassette and CD. What a difference a decade makes-- any brave souls care to offer a prediction on audiobook formats in the year 2020?!? JKSee More

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Paul Johnson replied to Jonathan Korzen's discussion 'Blog post on integration of text & audio' in the group Technology

Interesting. I was thinking of doing the same thing on Facebook. I have a sci fi novel that I'm 8 chapters into writing and I've been stuck.... for 15 years.... So I was thinking of dusting it off (I'd have to convert it from Word…

May 25, 2010

Jonathan Korzen replied to Jonathan Korzen's discussion 'Blog post on integration of text & audio' in the group Technology

Agreed, those "Which Way Books" were very clever and I enjoyed them. BBC Audiobooks America are creating interesting audiobooks with contributions from the Twitterverse -…

May 24, 2010

Paul Johnson replied to Jonathan Korzen's discussion 'Blog post on integration of text & audio' in the group Technology

I could actually see a "NetFlix" type company for Audiobooks. That would be great. When Audiobooks were first gaining popularity (back the cassette tape era), I used to belong to a brick and motar book club called "Buy the Ear"…

May 24, 2010

Paul Johnson replied to Jonathan Korzen's discussion 'Blog post on integration of text & audio' in the group Technology

Great Article. I can see where buying one format of a book should entitle you to other formats, however I think we could learn a lot regarding the furture direction of literature from how the Self Help gurus market, where their printed material…

May 24, 2010

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Alisa Weberman and Jonathan Korzen are now friends May 17, 2010

Book fairs and literary festivals

These might be useful for the events page, from the wonderful Center for the Book at the Library of Congress:
http://www.read.gov/resources/statefairs.html

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Posted on November 20, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

June Is Audiobook Month!

Hooray for June and hip-hip-hooray for audiobooks! The Audio Publishers Association is celebrating the benefits and pleasures of listening to a great book all month long.

Visit the Get Caught Listening Group where we are giving away great short stories, classic and bestselling audiobook

excerpts and chapters, radio drama, poetry and more. We will be adding more audio each Tuesday throughout the month, so check

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Posted on June 1, 2010 at 6:30am — 1 Comment