As you probably know, next week, June 6-10, 2011, is Audiobook Week here at Devourer of Books! If you haven’t heard about Audiobook Week yet, check out my first post on the topic.
Participating
There will be a lot going on here, and I hope that you will consider taking part! I will have daily reviews as well as daily discussion/exposition topics on audiobooks. At the end of each of my reviews and each discussion topic I will have a Mr. Linky for you to leave a link to your audiobook review/discussion post. If you have anyone guest post on your blog about audiobooks you can link that guest post under the discussion topics as well. I f you would like to participate but do not have your own blog, you may want to consider joining Audiobook Community,which has a built-in blog feature. If you do join, friend me, I’m Jen –Devourer of Books there.
Prizes:
I’ve had some generous sponsors, so I have LOTS of copies of audiobooks to give away to give away next week. Every day I will choose at least one person who has included a link to a review and one person who has included a link to a discussion post to win an audiobook, and will choose at least one other winner from commenters here next week. A few other participants will also have opportunities to win. I will have a list of all the audios I have available (and where they can be shipped), winners will email me their choice and I will remove the selected title from the list. Since I’ll be choosing from the Mr. Linky, PLEASE make sure your blog has an easily found way to contact you!
Daily Discussion Topics:
In case you like to write your posts ahead of time and schedule them, here is a list of next week’s post topics:
Monday: 2010-2011, Your Audiobook Year
Are you new to audiobooks in the last year? Have you been listening to them forever but discovered something new this year? Favorite titles? New times/places to listen? This is your chance to introduce yourself and your general listening experience.
Tuesday: Sound Effects in Audiobooks
Love them? Hate them? Take them or leave them? How do you feel about sound effects in audiobooks?
Alternate suggestions: Single narrator vs. multiple narrators vs. full cast, audio dramatizations, etc.
Wednesday: Mid-week Audiobook Week Meme
This will not be up until the morning of, but it will be short and fast, so check in and join the fun
Thursday: Audiobooks for the Uninitiated
Whether you just started listening or have a long history with audiobooks, you probably have some suggestions for those new to audio whether for narrators, titles, or ways to experience the medium. Write a post, make a list, get creative.
Friday: Audiobook Resources
Where do you learn about great audiobook titles? Find reviews? Buy your audiobooks? Share your secrets with the rest of us!
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I’m sure how much time I’ll have to join in this year, but I’ll be reading the posts.
I’ll definitely be participating!
I have been looking forward to this for months. So excited!
OK, I’ve got Monday and Wednesday up and ready to go, as well as reviews for Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. If you can link me in, that would be great, but if not, no worries. Sorry I won’t be here to comment (unless I can steal someone’s Internet while overseas) but I will be supporting you in spirit! Thanks for all your help!
Since really coming to audio books towards the end of last year I’m definitely on the bus this year. I’m going to work this weekend to be up and running. This should be interesting. Thanks for hosting.
I’m planning on joining in next week!
I can not wait…. really…. I can not wait
Thank you so much for hosting this and being such a great supporter of Audio, Jen! We’re so looking forward to everyone’s thoughts!
Definitely in! Going to try to get some ideas jotted down over the weekend if I get a chance.
I’ll definitely be reading the posts that’ll come out of this.
Working on some of my posts now. Plan to have a review for most of the days, and a couple of interviews with both authors and narrators. This will be fun!
have just scheduled my first post and hope to do at least one more by the end of the weekend. I’m super busy at work at the moment and my computer died so I’ll have limited access during the week to post and comment but I’ll do my best – love audiobooks and the people who love them
We’ll be thrilled however much you are able to participate!
I hope to be able to participate!
I’m so excited for this week! Three reviews almost ready to post, plus I’m mulling over your daily questions too… Thank you so much for hosting this!
Say, I can’t seem to capture the AudioBook Week button: I wanted to do a post today (Sunday) to spread the word. What am I missing?
I figured out the issue: my computer. Sorry to trouble you, and I’m looking forward to this week!
I’m in! I’m posting Audiobook Week items to my tumblr account, posting a review tomorrow, introducing a new feature to my blog and, generally checking out other peoples’ posts! It’s a like a little mini-bloggiesta for me
Thank you so much for hosting this!
I’m hoping to post some audiobook reviews this week but I don’t think I’ll have time to do the daily discussion topics. Looking forward to getting some new recommendations though!
Audiobook Week! Yay!
Would love to know how people feel about Librivox and who their favorite narrator is.
We pull Librivox content for our audiobooks. 3 new apps coming soon: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Fairy Tales/Folk Tales — 30 audiobooks on each genre for 99 cents.
http://audiobooksforyourkids.com/
http://itunes.apple.com/app/audiobooks-for-your-kids/id409956812?mt=8
What a wonderful idea. I have a blog and a website, let me know how I can help
I am addicted to audiobooks
We would love to have you participate in any of the discussions or link up reviews!
I haven’t listened to enough to know if I care about sound effects or not! hmmmm.