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Allison Begezda

iMinds in Distribution Agreement with OverDrive - 11/18/2009 2:38:00 PM - Publishers We... - 0 views

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    iMinds offers 8 minute long audiobook "tracks" available for $0.99 and currently has 30 titles in the top 100 audiobook charts on iTunes.
Davia Grant

NBA Winners Get Audiobooks from Recorded Books - 0 views

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    Recorded Books will publish audiobooks of the 2011 National Book Awards winners in three categories: fiction winner Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (February 28), nonfiction winner The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt (which released earlier this year), and young people's literature winner Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (April 15).
arnie Grossblatt

Wired for Sound - 0 views

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    Is listening to an audiobook "reading" the book? Why do we tend to think that one form is "true" reading?
arnie Grossblatt

Most American adults read a print book in the past year, even as e-reading continues to... - 0 views

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    Though e-books are rising in popularity, print remains the foundation of Americans' reading habits. Most people who read e-books also read print books, and just 4% of readers are "e-book only." Audiobook listeners have the most diverse reading habits overall, while fewer print readers consume books in other formats.
arnie Grossblatt

Reading Dickens Four Ways - 0 views

  • I'm not gloomy, though. We will still find our way to quality.
  • I love books as much as anybody. But I love reading more. It is the sustained and individual encounter with ideas and stories that is so bewitching. If new formats allow us to have more of those, let us welcome and learn from them.
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    A book lover recounts the experience of reading a single book on paper, on an iPhone, a Kindle and by listening to the audiobook version.
Helen Nam

Op-Ed Contributor - The Kindle Swindle? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    President of Author's Guild feels Kindle's "text to audio" feature infringes copyright.
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