Audio Book Narrator Phil Gigante

Many audio book fans like to be able to search through lists of audiobooks by their favourite narrator. One guy with a fantastic voice is Phil Gigante who is also an actor, director and producer. His career spans more than twenty years in TV, theatre, radio and film. 

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High Blood Pressure Symptoms

It is not unusual to find that high blood pressure symptoms are almost non existent. This is the reason that high blood pressure is often described as the silent killer.

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Audiobooks Still Growing in Popularity

APA Survey Finds Solid Audio Gains in 2007  

by Jim Milliot — Extract from Publishers Weekly, 9/15/2008 10:27:00 AM

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iTunes 8 Just Launched

The new iTunes 8 has launched and fans of audiobooks couldn’t be happier. Prior versions of iTunes kept the Audiobooks section under lock and key. The only files that would display in the Audiobooks section on your iTunes or iPod were books purchased from the iTunes music store. Not very handy to people who buy copies of audio books on CD or download them from other sources on the interwebs.

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Audio Books: How long is your commute?

 don’t need to tell you the downside to traffic — heck, we’ve got a whole blog for that. But the upsides are harder to come by. Today, we have the Good Magazine commuting culture consumption chart.

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Audio Books, Children Can Now Listen To Literature Online

Teaching high-tech youngsters to enjoy reading a book can be an uphill battle, so the Gwinnett County Public Library has added a collection of children’s literature that can be read online.

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Spain Has More Reason To Celebrate

Two weeks ago, the Spanish soccer team excelled at Euro 2008 beating Germany in the final, and on the same day a young Spaniard by the name of Pablo Larazabal excelled at golf, winning the French Open in style.
However, I think last Sunday’s performance by 22 year old Mallorca native Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon surpassed his compatriots with an achievement that graces the tennis hall of fame. In front of an enthralled crowd, Nadal and Federer fought a duel for almost 5 hours in what was for me the best tennis I have ever seen before Nadal emerged victorious. Interviewed afterwards, Nadal said that he was very happy.
To help his English vocabulary, we have a learn English for Spanish speakers series of audio books. Hope he pays us a visit!

Interesting Question About Audiobooks

Here’s an interesting question I came across which was asked by a mother whose daughter has some reading problems. The source is The Desert Sun, California.
Question: Reading is a very hard task for my 6th grade daughter and her teacher suggested that I get books on tape for her to listen to this summer. My husband believes books on tape are not the same as reading and they are considered “cheating.” I’m confused, are books on tape really a form of cheating?
Answer: Although audiobooks can never take the place of reading aloud, many educators agree that audio books are considered wonderful tools for children for several reasons. Audio books are successful in providing struggling readers an opportunity to be exposed to literature they otherwise would not have been able to read. Reading is also about comprehending a story and audiobooks can help children develop strong listening and critical thinking skills.

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Audio Books, How to Record Them

Here’s an interesting post I spotted for anyone living near Lakewood, near Denver, Colorado.
This extract is from denver.yourhub.com

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Religion and Spiritual

Just browsing around some forums, I noticed that several posts were enquiring about where to find theological audio books.
Just want to let everyone know that I have a seperate Religion and Spiritual category on my audiobook site with over 500 titles. Please feel free to stop by.

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