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Audio Book News: Vook is Expanding

by AudioforBooks February 22, 2010

Are You Willing to Give a Vook a Try? 
I’ve mentioned Vooks here before, but I think it’s time for an update. About a year ago, Brad Inman started Vook, a creation that combines videos and photos with text. Vooks basically strive to make reading a multimedia experience. They are currently available online and as downloads [...]

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Audio Book News: Featuring Google Buzz, Amazon and the Twitter Project

by AudioforBooks February 20, 2010

More Audiobook News.
Google Buzz:
Google launched its idea of a social media outlet with Buzz last week. It quickly turned into a fiasco as the program immediately took users’ most frequent email contacts and automatically added them to the person’s stream and publicized lists of followers.
Apparently, they thought this would streamline the process used by facebook, [...]

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Audio book News Featuring Kirkus Reviews And Apple App Updates

by AudioforBooks February 16, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Revived, Book Apps on the Rise
Read on for an update on the 100 Stories for Haiti project, the salvation of Kirkus Reviews, and iPod book apps…
100 Stories
100 Stories for Haiti Paperback is taking preorders! 
I’m looking into availability beyond the UK and will let you know. The eBook will be available from SmashWords and downloadable [...]

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Audio Book News February 8, 2010

by AudioforBooks February 9, 2010

Struggles Over eBooks Continue
Amazon and Macmillan seem to be coming to a grudging agreement after last week’s standoff. I think everyone was surprised to see Amazon use its muscle to pull all Macmillan content from their store… and cave in to Macmillan’s demands. The Authors Guild is still pursuing their lawsuit against Google for the use of scanned texts [...]

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Audio Book News, Charity update, Books for Kids, and More!

by AudioforBooks January 27, 2010

100 Stories for Haiti
100 Stories for Haiti update: Last night was the deadline for submissions and, at last count, there were over 350 short stories submitted! This fantastic charity project, spearheaded by Greg McQueen, will benefit the Red Cross efforts in Haiti.
We are still looking for an audiobook company willing to donate an audio version. [...]

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Audio Book News, Fundraising For Haiti, Free Books And More

by AudioforBooks January 26, 2010

Writers donating stories for Haiti, eBooks for free and more are discussed in today’s audiobook news.
100 Stories for Haiti
I have been watching, along with the rest of the world, the heartbreaking news footage of the fallout from the disaster in Haiti. I want to let you know that an amazing writer, Greg McQueen, has organized [...]

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Audio Book News!

by AudioforBooks January 18, 2010

What’s New in the Audiobook World?
First I have to give a brief shout-out to Neil Gaiman. You may recall that the author, in conjunction with BBC Audiobooks America, tweeted the first line of the cool Twitter audiobook project a few months ago called “Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry”.
Well, on Friday night he and Amanda Palmer, an [...]

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More Book and Audio Book News

by AudioforBooks January 13, 2010

The latest news from the book world.
Google News
Google has been dealing with blowback from their scanned, uploaded books for awhile, but on January 9, they met the demands of writers in China. Google agreed to “respect the wishes of any Chinese author who hasn’t authorized their books to be scanned” as stated in a letter [...]

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Happy New Year! Audio Book News Updates!

by AudioforBooks January 5, 2010

eBook Wars… What Happens Next?
Happy New Year! I ended 2009 by rereading Under the Dome (this time I read the print edition) and thoroughly enjoyed it. My New Year’s resolution, made after perusing my book shelves for titles I wished to donate to my public library, is to read more of the books I have. [...]

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Audio Book News: The End of Kirkus & eBook Publishing Maneuvers

by AudioforBooks December 14, 2009

Three Major Publishers Decide to Delay EBook Releases.
Kirkus Reviews closed this week, affecting booksellers and librarians as they choose books to stock the shelves. Three major publishers announced plans to delay major titles in electronic format. Will this affect audiobook readers?
Kirkus:
You may not recognize Kirkus Reviews, but booksellers and libraries relied on the journal to [...]

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