Once again read by Narrator Wayne June. It will also be available for download shortly at http://www.thelisteningzone.com
The Southern Literary Messenger says: "Wayne June's reading... is excellent! ...It is worth hoping that recordings such as this by June will continue to be made."
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is in post-production now and should be shipping in June, so stay tuned for that as well! We have other titles in the works which we'll be announcing soon, and we intend to keep you well supplied with "chilling choices" for your summertime audiobook listening!
Send us your suggestions for Volume three and/or any other titles you'd like to see and hear by writing us at info@audiobookcase.com
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Have a great Memorial Day and we'll talk to you soon!
The statistics prompted NEA chairman Dana Gioia to remark: "People are looking for things to do that aren't dumb. I don't think that Americans are dumber than before, but I do believe our public culture is."
Fortunately, audiobooks, it seems, are coming to the rescue for growing numbers of Americans. The Audio Publisher's Association makes the observation that more and more people are seeing audiobooks as a way to "read" more while multi-tasking with other lifestyle activities such as traveling and commuting, working out, relaxing, cooking, doing household chores, gardening... and the list goes on.
The APA further states that children's audiobooks also form a large part of the market, since many families choose them for in-car entertainment or an at-home hobby, as well as many teachers and schools using them for educational tools, recognizing some obvious benefits to students. Audiobooks can introduce students to books above their reading level, can be used to model good interpretive reading and reading aloud, teach critical listening, expand vocabulary, expose the student to new dialects, accents, and literary styles as well as act as a conversation starter for important topics of discussion for families who listen together.
The exponential growth of the audiobook market combined with the rocketing new listening technologies is enabling us to retain and strengthen literacy in our culture as easily as popping on our earphones.
How about you? Heard any good books lately?
Fifty nine years ago today on January 19, 1949, a shadowy figure clad in black and carrying a silver-tipped cane entered the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore, Maryland.
The spectre proceeded to raise a toast to mark Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, leaving three red roses and a half bottle of cognac on the grave of the burial ground's most celebrated resident before departing. Thus began a mysterious tradition that has transpired every year since.
The "Poe Toaster" paid his annual tribute early this morning and according to reports the curator of the on-site Poe House and Museum said the inscrutable visitant was the same individual who has come to the grave site many times in the past, recognizing him from his build and distinctive gait.
In wishing Edgar Allan Poe a Happy 199th Birthday, AudioBookCase shares the sentiment expressed by the wraith-like figure in a note left on the grave on one of his previous visitations: "The memory of Poe shall live evermore!"
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AudioBookCase celebrates Audiobook Month 2007 by offering a special promotion for its first release, Volume One of "Into That Darkness Peering: Nightmarish Tales of the Macabre by Edgar Allan Poe" which includes the classics: The Raven, The Black Cat and The Cask of Amontillado read by Wayne June.
Team up with a friend or members of your reading/listening group to order multiple copies of Volume One from our website during the month of June, and for each copy ordered you will receive a coupon entitling you to a copy of Volume Two at half price upon its release in the fall! Order Here: http://shop.audiobookcase.com/
Volume Two is in production now and based on customer suggestions will include the Edgar Allan Poe classics “The Tell Tale Heart”, “The Imp of the Perverse”, “Hop Frog” and “The Conqueror Worm”, again read by narrator Wayne June.
Thanks to all who submitted their suggestions for Volume Two, and by all means get on the bandwagon and put in your ideas for content for Volume Three, on the schedule for production later in the year. “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” should be on the shelves this summer, so watch for that as well. Contact us, as usual at: info@audiobookcase.com
Good things are happening, we’ve got some surprises in the works for the coming months (don’t you just hate a tease!) so have a great summer, and count on it: We'll keep you posted!