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The delicate art of audiobook casting

Reporter Nate DiMeo argues that for all the advances of the U.S. audiobook industry, the art of choosing the right readers has yet to be mastered. In an article on Slate, he lists some of ... Read More »

September 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Latte lit

By Nathan Whitlock

Booksellers, already competing with grocery superstores and price clubs, will surely be thrilled to hear that Starbucks, as previously noted on Quillblog, plans to start selling books this fall. Mitch Albom's latest novel, For One ... Read More »

August 11, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Starbucks ever-expanding media empire continues to inspire fear in indies

By Cassandra Drudi

An article in today's L.A. Times should have indie booksellers quaking in their boots – Starbucks is continuing its slow, inexorable crawl toward becoming a jack-of-all-trades in the media arena with the addition of audiobooks ... Read More »

May 30, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

The sounds of silence

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Times has a very fun piece (yes, that was New York Times, and yes, that was "very fun") about the struggles audiobook publishers face when trying to capture typographical quirks in audio ... Read More »

January 20, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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