All About The AudioBooks

[nclingan]

No offense to anybody that prefers them...I've never tried an audiobook and I'm really not interested in it. I would rather pay the publishers price to buy the paper so I can read it faster and able to skip to the parts I like. I also absorb more when I read something myself than to have it read to me. I would get easily distracted by something else (like the TV).

I prefer printed books as well for my own personal reading, but I had SO many people emailing me saying they wished my books were on audio (before I had the rights to them, so I felt bad but couldn't do anything to make it happen) that I know there's a big readership for them. Some people have poor vision or no vision. Some like to listen to books on long car rides. Some simply prefer audio format over e-format and printed books. For all those who prefer audio books for whatever reason, I'm thrilled that my series will be available in that format .

People call me crazy because I have books in print, on my iphone (ebooks), and on audio. People tell me that paying for the same book three times is crazy but I don't agree. This allows me several ways to enjoy my favorite authors. For instance, when I am in a LONG meeting, I can pull out my iphone and do a little reading When I am in my car going from place to place I have an audiobook to listen to and stay safe driving. When I am at home the print is the way I go. This allows me to get my Cat & Bones fix anytime/anywhere when I need it!!!

[tavia]

I think that's awesome! I read and listen at different times for different reasons, and I would never want one or the other exclusively. Maybe our enthusiasm will encourage people who have never experienced the enjoyment of an audio performance to give it a listen!

[China Doll]

I think that's awesome! I read and listen at different times for different reasons, and I would never want one or the other exclusively. Maybe our enthusiasm will encourage people who have never experienced the enjoyment of an audio performance to give it a listen!

I agree Tavia. Through I read the book first, I use the audio to take me away to that place I imagined in my first reading. I also use them in my classroom to make points on plot, symbolism, theme, etc.
Until I listened to your audio of Halfway to the Grave , I had only listened to Toni Morrison's novels like Beloved, Song of Solomon, and The Blue Eye because the author read them and knew just where to pause because she wrote them. Now, I see audio differently. It's great if the author creates the audio, but another person can create the story just as well as the author.

Your voice has encouraged me to listen to Charlaine Harris and J.R. Ward's audio of their series. However, I am waiting for the audio of One Foot in the Grave in November.

[tavia]

Thank you for listening, and for the nice words. I'm really pleased that my work has encouraged you to seek out other audio editions of your favorite books.

Some authors are exceptional narrators and some are not. Toni Morrison reads her own work beautifully, but not every author has her performing ability. They are quite different skills - performing and reading - though one certainly informs the other.

It's so interesting that you're using them in your classroom! What do you teach?

[China Doll]

Thank you for listening, and for the nice words. I'm really pleased that my work has encouraged you to seek out other audio editions of your favorite books.

Some authors are exceptional narrators and some are not. Toni Morrison reads her own work beautifully, but not every author has her performing ability. They are quite different skills - performing and reading - though one certainly informs the other.

It's so interesting that you're using them in your classroom! What do you teach?

I teach Composition and Literature courses where we read short stories, novels, and plays. In this first beginning composition class,one writing style which is easy and loved by students is Narrative-Descriptive Writing. Students need to know that a story needs a point, pace, description, action verbs, dialogue, etc.

In the Fall, I am going to use Chap 1. in Halfway to the Grave to discuss Narrative-Descriptive Writing. I will use audio too to pull the students into the story for their later dissection of it. I used Chap. 1 of Charlaine Harris' Grave Surprise from her Harper Connelly series this pass Spring semester, and students loved it, some even purchasing the book.

[tavia]

How fun, and flattering!

[Vlad'sGal]

i just listened to the sample of FDOC and wow going to get that one.

[China Doll]

i just listened to the sample of FDOC and wow going to get that one.

Vlad'sGal,

I purchased it this morning. Loved Halfway to the Grave audio. I can't wait to hear the voices of Ian and Mencheres with this one.

[Vlad'sGal]

i just listened to the sample of FDOC and wow going to get that one.

Vlad'sGal,

I purchased it this morning. Loved Halfway to the Grave audio. I can't wait to hear the voices of Ian and Mencheres with this one.

just bought HTTG and listening to it now. OMG im going to have to force myself to pause it so i can go to sleep. awesome naration.

[tavia]

SO glad you're enjoying the audio!