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How non-authors can get a book on Podiobooks.com

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Very occasionally, we receive communications from people who are interested in narrating a book, but aren’t themselves authors. Our advice is usually “contact the authors you love”, but now we can offer something more. I’ve recently learned from BoingBoing that Strange Horizons (online short-fiction magazine) is following the wishes of some of their authors by […]

Are audiobooks a prescription for motion sickness?

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Not being a sufferer of the affliction (but don’t ask me to spin in circles anytime soon), this post by the Brain Diva caught my eye:
I am always in search of something to entertain me on my daily bus ride. I would love to read or do Sudoku puzzles but inevitably, I get motion sickness. […]

Podiobooker Podcast #15

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Did you miss us? We’re back, and badder than ever. Oh, wait, no one says that anymore. We’re phatter than ever. Oh, that’s expired too, plus it makes me feel self-conscious. Hmm…we are CRUNK, baby. Yeah.
Site news from Tee, promos, and a review with Dani Cutler!
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Who needs the radio?

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

My family has grown so accustomed to listening to our MP3 players, either as a family or individually, when we get in the car, we rarely turn on the radio. Heck, even the CD player is getting only occasional use (none at all from me, actually). Seems that Sanjay from The Simply Audio blog is […]

Route 66 to Vietnam

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

After September 11, 2001, novelist Michael Lund found that the emerging War on Terror recalled aspects of the Cold War in the 1950s. And his experience as an Army correspondent in Vietnam (1970-71) offered clues to the demands a new generation of America’s youth would face in the 21st century. Route 66 to Vietnam: A […]

Chris to be Interviewed on Sci Fi Saturday Night

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

Tomorrow night at 6:30 pm, I’ll be appearing on Sci Fi Saturday Night on 610 AM WGIR in Manchester NH.
Over the past year alone, Sci Fi Saturday Night has interviewed authors such as Ben Bova and John Moressey, actors Anthony Daniels (”C-3PO” from Star Wars) and Amber Benson (”Tara” from Buffy The Vampire Slayer) […]

More on Odd Episode Problems

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

If you’ve had a problem with an episode from Earthcore or Aliens and Satanic Creates Wanted, you are not alone. It’s a problem that we are working on with Libsyn to fix. Here is the situation:
When we upload a file to Libsyn, it is copied out to a number of  their mirror servers.  Those server […]

New blog live

Friday, September 16th, 2005

Chris and I are kinda growing weary of updating the podiobooker thing by hand. There is just too much to say too quickly to keep going on that way. A blog was needed for updates, and it seemed like a good time for me to learn WordPress.