Archive for October, 2008

Iron Dragons: Book 1 – The Saramond Quests

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Derek Gilbert joins the ranks of others making freely available serialized audiobooks. His new title is Iron Dragons: Book 1 – The Saramond Quests, and I love how the description starts: Dragon pee really stinks. With that bit of cautionary advice, master dragonslayer Davian begins his tale. Davian is a Third Level Master of The [...]

Support DRM-free sources. And steal this comic

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Every single one of our audiobooks are DRM-free. They are now, and they always will be. Which means we’ll never ask you to be a criminal. Mad props to xkcd.

Max Quick 2: The Two Travelers is COMPLETE!

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Mark Jeffrey has just posted the final three episodes of Max Quick 2: The Two Travelers. Mark was one of the “first five” here on Podiobooks.com, and fans from the early days have been waiting for patiently for the sequel. For those listening along, I hope you enjoyed the ride. For those who were waiting; [...]

Fighting perceptions against new media

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Here are two reasons why traditional media producers decry new media: They’ve listened to something “new media” and were underwhelmed by the quality. I’m sure that happens frequently. There are LOTS of bad new media examples out there, so it’s possible. But that doesn’t mean all new media is bad. But it can reinforce the [...]

Quest for Freedom is COMPLETE!

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Dana Davis has just wrapped up the final episodes of her Young Adult Science fiction novel, Quest for Freedom. Give it a listen!

Faithful Warrior

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Basil Sands is the voice of military fiction on Podiobooks.com. He’s done it again, today launching Faithful Warrior: Pastor Michael Farris was a well loved man. Loving husband and father, Shepherd of his church, Courageous minister to the inner city gangs of Columbus Ohio. He helped people change their lives for the better. But when [...]

Shadowmagic limited edition print run

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

John Lenahan’s fantastic podiobook Shadowmagic was published by a HarperColins imprint in the UK. He not only sent me a limited edition, but he said the nicest thing inside the book. You rock, John! Shadowmagic continues to dominate the charts on Podiobooks.com in the sheer number of ratings. Oh, and they are all GREAT! Unsure [...]

DarkAge

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Today Kirk Warrington releases his mature fantasy novel, DarkAge: DarkAge is a mature, fantasy fiction, podcast novel where Sword and Sorcery meets Medieval Fantasy. A group of friends playing a fantasy role-playing game, DarkAge, become trapped inside the game as their characters. Many of their past gaming decisions will come back to haunt them. They [...]

Dorothea’s Song

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Ron Vitale returns to the site, today making available the start of his fantasy tale Dorothea’s Song: Peter is your typical high school student, but when his mother’s failing marriage to his stepfather begins to split his family apart he copes by dreaming up the story of Dorothea, an elf who lives in the magical [...]

Sweet Dreams

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Enter Emmy Z. Madrigal’s world of musical romance as she launches the first book of her series, Sweet Dreams: At twenty-one, Rob Malloy is a successful San Francisco entertainment manager and has achieved more than most men twice his age. Wealthy and famous for closing any deal, he may seem to have everything a man [...]