Monthly archives for 2013/01

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The AudioBookaneers 2012 Year in Review, Part 2: Books We Missed

Posted on 2013-01-10 at 21:28 by Dave

We tried. We really did. "ALL THE BOOKS!" But, alas, there was a good number of audiobooks we had our eyes on but for one reason or another -- usually time... -- we didn't get to them. While listing even all of those books would take a while -- Audible Frontiers published 750 audiobooks this year alone, let alone the output from the other publishers and the influx of ACX titles -- we tried to narrow our lists down as much as we could. (We really did.) This is part 2 in a 3-part wrapup of 2012, with part 1 b

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Release Week: The Memory of Light, Libriomancer, Lost Things, No Further Messages, and Dungeons and Dragons galore

Posted on 2013-01-09 at 17:43 by Sam

The first full release week of 2013 is a big one. Of course there's the decades-awaited conclusion to The Wheel of Time, which at nearly 42 hours could certainly fully occupy a listening month. There's also an audiobook of an interesting 2012 title that didn't make it into audio last year, but the second biggest audio news this week is undoubtedly that with more than 200 audiobooks added, Dungeons and Dragons has invaded Audible in a big way, big enough to warrant a new mini-site. I won't even try to list

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Sam's listening report: October 2012

Posted on 2013-01-05 at 12:00 by Sam

After my slowest listening month in a very long time -- four audiobooks and a novella podcast episode in September -- I was back up to seven audiobooks, buoyed a bit by fall review copies coming in. It was a fantastic month in terms of enjoying what I was listening to as well, from fantasy (Hal Duncan's Vellum, Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires) to anthologies (V Wars, Fantastic Imaginings), a non-fiction collection (Neal Stephenson's Some Remarks), and even a rare (for me, apparently) non-genre

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The AudioBookaneers 2012 Year in Review, Part 1: Our Favorite Listens

Posted on 2013-01-05 at 00:13 by Sam

Well, like everybody else, we're taking a look back at 2012. It was the biggest year ever in terms of audiobook releases: Audible Frontiers published 750 audiobooks this year alone, not to mention the output from the other major and independent publishers and the influx of ACX titles this year. Did we listen to everything? Oh no. (More on that in the second part of this series. Much more.) Did the audiobook publishers get to every deserving book? Not quite. (More on that in the third part of the series

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The Human Division is Coming!

Posted on 2013-01-04 at 07:05 by Dave

We've been talking to Steve Feldberg at Audible about the serialization of John Scalzi's next novel The Human Division. The first episode, "The B-Team," is going to drop on January 15th, and there will be an additional episode for the following 13 weeks. Here's some more of what he told us:

We’re going to be publishing THE HUMAN DIVISION to coincide with Tor’s e-book schedule – one chapter a week for 13 weeks, beginning Jan. 15. The pre-orders should be up soon, and you’ll be able to see all the chapters

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Review: The Dragon King

Posted on 2013-01-04 at 03:20 by Sam

The Dragon King by Dan Redwine Narrated by Ken MacMillan for Nation9, Inc. Length: 13 mins -- Release Date: 12-28-12

Review by Sam:

Nation9 has been releasing short English and Spanish audiobooks for kids and young teens, starting in mid-December 2012. So far they've a few Sherlock Holmes titles (ex. Sherlock Holmes - Scandal in Bohemia: Intro to Classics) and a pair of adaptations of Japanese tales, the other being Ogre of Rashomon. As I quite often listen to audiobooks with my kids, when I saw this

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Release Week: Thieftaker, Gun Machine, Great North Road, and Scoundrels

Posted on 2013-01-02 at 03:29 by Sam

Well here it is, the first release week of 2013 -- though most of this week's haul do herald from 2012. There's historical fantasy, Warren Ellis, an epic-length sf novel from Peter F. Hamilton, and a new Timothy Zahn Star Wars novel. And, at the bottom, another Whispersync for Voice price quirk. And, don't forget! The currently running Audible Holiday Sale ends on Wednesday, January 2, at 11:59 PM ET. And come back soon as Dave and I are trying to cobble together our year-in-review. Happy New Year! Next