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December #WhispersyncDeal roundup: Neil Gaiman, Nancy Farmer, Cherie Priest, Linda Nagata, Christopher Priest, Kurt Vonnegut, Carrie Fisher, and more

If you’ve recovered from last month’s #WhispersyncDeal haul (including Audible’s and Downpour’s week-long sales around Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and Tantor’s annual Cyber Monday sale) and Audible’s “Big Thanks” sale earlier this month, then let me tell you, the … Continue reading

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The AudioBookaneers pick their favorite audiobooks of 2014

Well, it’s (past) that time of year again: time for Dave and I to look back on a year in listening. We laughed, we cried, we cheered, we jeered, we stayed up well into the night for these audiobooks. It seems … Continue reading

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December Whispersync Deal Roundup: Hurley, Jemisin, Walton, Rothfuss, Lawrence, Lynch, Sanderson, and much more

I keep putting off compiling the December Whispersync Deal roundup, but (1) a good chunk of titles are only on sale through Dec 14 and (2) I already missed passing along both that Andy Weir’s The Martian was on sale for $3 and that Rachel … Continue reading

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Release Week: Broken Monsters, My Real Children, The Rabbit Back Literature Society, and Jay Lake’s Last Plane to Heaven

SEPTEMBER 10-16, 2014: One of the quietest weeks in overall numbers in a good while nonetheless has very, very much to recommend it, with US audio releases for the latest novels from Lauren Beukes and Jo Walton, an eagerly-awaited Finnish speculative fiction, and … Continue reading

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September Whispersync Deal Roundup

Out with the deals of August and in with the deals of September! As usual, the daily #WhispersyncDeal posts on Facebook/Twitter cover the more ephemeral deals, but here’s some titles to check out all September long — but first, some deals … Continue reading

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Release Week: Jim Butcher’s Skin Game, Jane Lindskold’s Artemis Awakening, Glen Hirshberg’s Motherless Child, Jo Walton’s Tooth and Claw, and Tim Pratt’s Heirs of Grace

MAY 21-27, 2014: Well, crap. I should have snatched up Nick Harkaway’s Tigerman before Audible (US) realized that it couldn’t sell it to me, but hopefully that’s a “not yet” and not an “ever”. So, a release week I was over-the-top excited about is taken … Continue reading

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Top 10 most-anticipated books of May 2014

Everyone has their own lists, but here’s mine: what I’m most looking forward to this month, in chronological order of release, with audiobook information if I know about it: MAY 6   Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals, May 6) — … Continue reading

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World Fantasy Awards 2012 nominees announced

The nominees for the 2012 World Fantasy Awards have been announced, and all five of the novels on the final ballot are available in audio. Let me run them down for you:       Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman … Continue reading

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