Laura Dern records new audio version of "Little Women"

Posted on 11/18/2019 at 09:56 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Actress Laura Dern is going all-in on the Little Women reboot. In addition to playing Marmee in the film version...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Classic literature, Movie adaptation, Pop culture

Man blames audiobook for causing car accident

Posted on 10/29/2019 at 02:57 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When people argue that books are dangerous, we doubt they’re envisioning traffic accidents. Yet that’s what happened — supposedly —...

Tagged As: Audiobook, Just for fun

How and why to write for audio first

Posted on 10/08/2019 at 11:19 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jules Horne has previously appeared on The Creative Penn to provide tips on editing your book for audio versions. Now,...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn

Vision loss inspires man to create world's first audio comic book

Posted on 09/18/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When Chad Allen went completely blind, after thirteen years of slowly losing his vision, he naturally turned to audiobooks. But...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Graphic novel, The Guardian

Audible argues Captions feature falls under fair-use rules

Posted on 09/17/2019 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Audible has responded in court to a copyright lawsuit brought on behalf of several large publishers. It filed a legal...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Lawsuit

Actor who's narrated over 1,000 audiobooks shares speaking tips

Posted on 09/09/2019 at 11:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Whether you’re looking to narrate your own audiobook or simply prepare for any live readings, Joanna Penn has the expert...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn

"The Testaments" will definitely come to TV

Posted on 09/04/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Testaments hasn’t even been released yet, but it’s already headed to the small screen. TIME received the scoop from...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, New release, TV adaptation, Women in literature

Audible Captions are on hold for several big-name publishers' books

Posted on 08/30/2019 at 10:03 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Audible won’t be captioning the audiobooks of several large publishers after all — or at least in the near future....

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Lawsuit

Audiobooks are the hottest project for Hollywood

Posted on 08/26/2019 at 04:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The relationship between books and Hollywood is starting to become a little bit more reciprocal. Variety noted recently that Audible...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Pop culture, The Passive Voice

Mike Shatzkin on what's next for B&N, Amazon, the climate ... and you

Posted on 08/26/2019 at 03:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Mike Shatzkin is neither a lawyer nor a fortune-teller, but with nearly fifty years in the book industry, he at...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble / Nook, Joanna Penn