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LISTEN: Meryl Streep Reads Nora Ephron (EXCLUSIVE)

Posted 04.15.2013 | Books

The actress Meryl Streep was friends with Nora Ephron, and so it seemed fitting that Random House announced she would be narrating the audiobook of Ep...

What Is Reading?

David Kudler | Posted 04.22.2013 | Books
David Kudler

Whether I'm flipping paper pages, scanning through an ebook, listening to an audiobook or reading into a mic, reading a book is reading a book. Or is it?

How Do You Stay in a Story?

Rachael Berkey | Posted 10.14.2012 | Books
Rachael Berkey

Next time you're feeling yourself pulled out of a novel for whatever reason, give another medium a shot. You may find a new way to read in the process.

Some Writers Should Be Seen and Not Heard

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.01.2012 | Books
Tom Alderman

Authors often like to talk about finding their literary voices, which generally means they haven't sold anything yet. This post, however is about writers who actually have sold a book, want to voice the audiobook edition -- and shouldn't.

Erotic Novel Author Tapes Her Own Audiobook

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 08.14.2012 | Entertainment
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring

So, I always tell people this novel of mine is sub-titled "50 Shades of Shocking Magenta." Grey, it is not. Hot, it is. One reviewer, Poor Man, sent...

Finding Time to Read More Novels

Dave Astor | Posted 06.04.2012 | Books
Dave Astor

There aren't enough hours in a day -- or in a weekday, at least. So how do you cram in the pleasure of reading great (and not-so-great) novels? This is one person's tale of how I managed to carve out time for literature.

Elevating Ike: An Audiobook Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.29.2012 | Books
Tom Alderman

If you're a hardcore Democrat, this audiobook could turn you around about the man.

WATCH: Hollywood Stars Read Unabridged Classics

Posted 03.08.2012 | Books

Audible, the audiobook provider bought by Amazon in 2008, has just launched a new series of unabridged digital audiobooks read by Hollywood stars. ...

WATCH: Martin Sheen On Being The Voice Of The Dalai Lama

Posted 12.06.2011 | Books

The actor Martin Sheen (real name: Ramón Antonio Gerard Estévez) has played a President of the U.S., King Arthur and the father of a super hero. Yet...

The 15 Most Creative States

Patrick Hickman Robertson | Posted 01.11.2012 | Books
Patrick Hickman Robertson

The United States is the most innovative nation on earth, with over 42 per cent (by my estimate) of all significant "firsts" of the modern era, from integrated circuits in silicon chips to condoms.

Can You Hear Me Now? An Author Talks Audiobooks

Karen Dionne | Posted 09.24.2011 | Books
Karen Dionne

Some argue there's no such thing as an audiobook. After all, a book is something you hold in your hands. Okay, maybe a book is also a file you downloa...

The Netflix Of Audiobooks

Sacramento Bee | Allen Pierleoni | Posted 08.27.2011 | Books

Heard any good books lately? If so, you likely fit the profile of the audiobook fan as sketched from national research compiled by the Audio Publisher...

Samuel L. Jackson Tells Everyone To Go The F*ck To Sleep

AP | Posted 08.17.2011 | Books

NEW YORK -- The world just can't get enough of Samuel L. Jackson and four-letter words. A free version of the actor's cussing audio of the best-selli...

Which Legendary Director Will Be Narrating The "Go The F*** To Sleep" Audiobook?

guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 08.14.2011 | Books

Legendary film director Werner Herzog has agreed to narrate an audio version of the surprise hit Go the Fuck to Sleep, a comic bedtime book for parent...

2011 Audiobook Of The Year Award Announced

Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.25.2011 | Books

On Tuesday night the Audio Publishers Association held its 16th annual Audies Gala in New York City. The press release says the event is often referre...

The Rich Should Have Mass Protests, Too!

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Dave Astor

The huge protests in places like Egypt and Wisconsin have been inspiring. Citizens thirsting for democracy, workers trying to protect their hard-earne...

Terry Hayes Sales Dead

Courier Journal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Terry Hayes Sales, a singer and actress who had recorded more than 900 books for the American Printing House for the Blind, died on Monday at a nursin...

DRM is a Business Decision, Not a Moral Decision

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Hugh McGuire

When we started building our new audiobook publishing company, iambik, we made an early decision: no digital rights management (DRM). (*See below for ...

All Boxed In and Making the Best of It

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Tom Alderman

Maybe you've read or heard about the glowing reviews for Emma Donoghue's new boxed-in-a-box novel, Room. The NYT reviewer called it 'remarkable,' The ...

A Well-Written Story Poorly Told

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Tom Alderman

The Bolitar audiobooks are Twitter-talking, cheeky-sleuth mysteries at their best and require an often light, irreverent touch in narration.

Library Of Congress's Digital Copyright Exemptions: What Do They Mean For eBooks?

DailyFinance | Sarah Weinman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

As electronic books become more of a mainstay thanks to Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle and Apple's (AAPL) iPad, the publishing industry must address one of th...

Best Audiobooks For Kids

Salon | Steve Kornacki | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

That's where audiobooks comes in. OK, they're technically not reading, but it is listening to literature read aloud -- verbatim -- by people who can d...

"War and Peace" Doesn't Have To Be Hard

Salon | Laura Miller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Many people swear that, come summer, they'll finally get around to reading a classic work of literature they missed during their student years; "War a...

The Other eBook

Karen Dionne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Karen Dionne

Forget Kindles and iPads and Sony Readers and Nooks. While traditional publishers and e-tailers battle for readers, I've discovered another kind of electronic reading experience: audiobooks.

Books On Vinyl?

Telegraph | Sukhdev Sandhu | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

At a time when a) the MP3 has supplanted the CD as the most popular format on which to listen to recorded sounds; b) literature as a physical artefact...