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Here we just went and invested tons of time, energy and effort into getting our media files hosted on a much more reliable system (hi, Libsyn Pro!)… only to have the webserver host take a massive nose dive for six hours or so. (hi, Surpass Hosting!)
The good news is that we seem to be back […]

From time to time, I’ve come to the blog to beg your forgiveness and understanding as to the nature of slow updates and new book additions. These slowdowns are usually due to vacations, unexpected business trips, shifting (unpaid) personnel or — with decreasing regularity — technical issues.
But this time it’s simply because I’m a putz. […]

Today is Earth Day here in the States and other countries, a holiday met with mixed emotions and controversy from the masses. Like the general public, many authors making their books available as serialized free audiobooks tackle the central tenets of Earth Day in many different ways.
On the serious and educational side, we have The […]

The month is winding down and I have a few items of note for you:

Basil Sands was interviewed on The Snarky Avenger. They discussed Karl’s Last Flight, 65 Below and upcoming projects. The link to the .mp3 file is hidden behind the text “The Show” at the top of the post.
Erik Bertel created a new […]

Monday is St. Patrick’s Day, even though my wall calendar doesn’t show it. Stupid wall calendar. To help put you in the mood, here are a few titles associated — to varying degrees — with the holiday. Now someone get me a green beer!

Shadowmagic by John Lenahan. This is one of our most popular serialized […]

For those who haven’t heard, there’s a full lunar eclipse tonight for people in Europe, the Americas, parts of the Middle East and Africa. So while you are gazing up at the giant monster/demon eating the moon as it passes behind the Earth’s shadow, we thought it appropriate to let you know about some lunar-themed […]

Based on some fantastic reviews of the Apple TV from a few podiobook authors, I’m taking the plunge. Don’t get me wrong, I’m really digging the DVR, but I only record a handful of shows. What I really want to do is make it easier for me to watch Mr. Deity, Ask a Ninja […]

First, thanks for hanging in there while we struggled with this issue. We’ve just heard from the media hosting company (Libsyn, and I really do love those guys) that the issue has been tracked down and fixed.
At least, we’re pretty sure they’ve been fixed.
The reality is that there may be some lingering bugs. If you […]

It’s been a frustrating few days behind the scenes here at Podiobooks.com. Last week, we were all excited about a new opportunity that should increase the reliability of downloads for listeners as well as increase the frequency which new episodes of books can be added. All good news, right?
Then we started getting word that many […]

Many of you out there have discovered the magic of Twitter, the micro-blogging craze that asks a single question “What are you doing?” of it’s users. Of course, most of Twitter’s users completely ignore that questions and simply type out up to 140 characters worth of whatever is on their mind at the moment.
Some of […]