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Two days ago, seven human clones — John, Michael, Father Thomas, Dr. Mike, Jonathan, Jack and Kilroy2.0 — were torn away from their “normal” lives to stop a ruthless plot created by their progenitor, a man code-named John Alpha. Their quest was a descent into conspiracy, violence and death.
The clones were successful in their mission, […]

In an effort to prove just how poorly I spell, one of the greatest critical voices to come out of the UK, Paul S. Jenkins, has just released The Plitone Revisionist:
Will Captain Paola Mackie, independent space courier, thrown out of her home ten years previously, escape the unsavory clutches of the man who […]

 

 The Plitone Revisionist promo [1:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I’ve decided to make it a lot easier to keep up to date with what’s happening here at Podiobooks.com. Readers of the blog will notice that I’m starting to post about more things directly related to “podcasting the written word” and other direct correlations to what we’re doing here or what we will be doing […]

A few days ago, Lon wrapped up his Native American thriller Erosion. For those of you that missed it, a newly uploaded promo clip is embedded in this note.

 

 Erosion promo [1:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

If you write, you probably know who Miss Snark is. If not, you need to find out. J.C.’s recent launch party in Second Life got her attention, and her community is talking about it. Most of the comments have to do with a religious battle over the sacred printed text against those upstart audio people. […]

I hate to be a Chicken Little, but it is quite possible that we are seeing cracks in the firmament above.
On or about Friday, September 22nd, Apple (AAPL) sent a cease and desist notice to a little company called Podcast Ready, who make a nifty little take-anywhere podcatching application called myPodder. We know Apple (AAPL) […]

Welcome to my little experiment. We’ve made promotional audio clips available for some of our titles. Great for podcasters to come and grab so they can feature the book on their site. But then it hit me…
Why not put the promos out on this feed when I post a book?
So that’s what I’m going to […]

 

 Welcome to the Beehive Promotional Clip [2:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hooray for BoingBoing.net! The ubercool “Directory of Wonderful Things” posted an entry about an upcoming launch party for the sequel to J.C. Hutchins’ podiobook, 7th Son: Book One - Descent. The party will be held this Saturday (Sept. 23) in the metaverse-inspired online community Second Life. The BoingBoing post is here.
You can find out more […]

Heya, all. Chris here. I thought it might be worth a post to let you know what issues we know about, and where things stand with them. Please bookmark this entry, and check before posting anything new. Thanks!
Known Issues

Manual Release Not Working: Fixed (9/20)
Release All Not Working: Fixed (9/20)
Subscription dates are off: We had to […]

Apologies all around for the last 72 hours. Contrary to a few wild rumors; no, I did not neglect to pay the hosting fees. We’d been talking about moving to a dedicated box for some time now if for no other reason than to give us a lot more flexibility when we (and by “we” […]