July 2009

Audio Book New Releases | The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson and More!

by DorothyD on July 31, 2009

Looking for something new to read during the dog days of summer? Here’s a sampling of audiobooks released this week. Mystery/Suspense The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (read by Simon Vance) is the sequel to Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. While readers can listen to this volume as a stand-alone crime novel, [...]

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Amazon Kindle Text-to-Speech: Will it Be Allowed on What You’re Reading?

by DorothyD on July 30, 2009

Not long ago, I wrote about Amazon’s Kindle 2 with its Text-to-Speech feature. The option lends an electronically voice to downloaded books on the Kindle device. This is no substitute for audiobook narration, but some publishers are crying foul, saying that this violates copyrights and will affect audiobook sales. Raising Questions The Author’s Guild has [...]

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The Current Vampire Obsession: Have You Been Sucked Into a Vampire Audio Book Yet?

by DorothyD on July 29, 2009

You can’t go anywhere without running into a headline trumpeting the latest from the set of New Moon, the sequel to the Twilight movie. The movies are based on a series of incredibly popular novels featuring modern day vampires. True Blood, a stylish series on cable television, is also based on a series of vampire [...]

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Audio Books: Does One Genre Translate Best to Audio?

by DorothyD on July 28, 2009

I’ve been thinking about audiobooks, which I’m sure is no surprise. I have listened to children’s literature, suspense/thrillers, literary fiction, and nonfiction in recent weeks. As I was considering purchasing Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell and narrated by Lorna Raver, I began to wonder what kind of book translates [...]

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Audio Book Rentals: The Netfix for Audiobooks

by DorothyD on July 27, 2009

I was cleaning out my iTunes Library this week. There is a limited amount of memory on my computer and iPod, so I try to move unused items to an external hard drive. Needless to say, this is inconvenient. Coupled with the issue of limited selections in my library, I decided to look for another [...]

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Audio Book Author Spotlight: Jodi Picoult

by DorothyD on July 23, 2009

If you are looking for an author who can offer an unflinching perspective on controversial topics, perhaps Jodi Picoult is worth a listen. Addressing everything from complicated health issues to school shootings, Picoult doesn’t shy away from the tough stuff. Plain Truth (narrated by Christina Moore and Suzanne Toren) I discovered Picoult when a friend [...]

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Audio Books Resource: Project Gutenberg Offers Free Classics on Audio

by DorothyD on July 22, 2009

After reading a review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the unique new blend of the classic with the strange, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (read by Katherine Kellgren). I had two thoughts: I have to listen to this book and I have to read the original again first. I read Pride and Prejudice [...]

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