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Using Audio to Sell Books

Here's some shared wisdom from Penny Sansevieri, author of Red Hot Internet Publicity: We all know that audio can be a powerful way to engage your audience, but can it really help you make a book sale? You bet it can. Though with all the focus on eBooks is there any room for audio-anything? Yes, and in fact in February of this year the Audio [...]

2013-12-02T11:31:14-08:00October 10th, 2013|Audiobooks, Marketing, News, Publishing|

Uncle Wiggly (1)

This is the first story in Howard R. Garis' Uncle Wiggly's Story Book. This is a book that was my grandfather's, and I used to read the stories to my daughters when they were young. And although the stories often include gender bias (sweet little girls and mischievous little boys) that was typical of its time, the stories are delightful. In this podcast I chose [...]

The Ruined Cottage: First Part

This is one of my favorite poems of all time, so I thought I'd share it with you. William Wordsworth, the Romantic English poet, wrote this in 1797-98. He revised it several times before publishing it. The first time The Ruined Cottage was published as an independent poem was in 1949. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do, and that you'll tune [...]

2013-09-29T23:33:14-07:00September 21st, 2013|Classics, News, Podcast, Poetry|

A Pie for a Pig – Book Audiologist Award Finalist!

Congratulations to Susan Pace-Koch, author of A Pie for a Pig! Susan is our first weekly winner and now a Finalist in the Book Audiologist Award Contest! A delicious assortment of Pies and Pigs celebrating bakery delights in a tasty sequence of months, based on seasonal fruits and veggies. Meet our characters, in their environment. Ms Georgia Peach Pie, our own 'Posey', in front of [...]

Book Audiologist Award Contest is NOW OPEN!

Super excited to announce the Book Audiologist Award Contest is OPEN!!! If you know any authors or publishers of children's books whose book is published and in distribution - but they don't have an audio book yet - this is PERFECT for them, so let them know. Finalists selected EVERY WEEK. Let's get it started! Contest Period Genres & Time Frames: July 20, 2013 - [...]

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