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Favorite Boulton/Kinsale Talk Clips

While truly enjoying the entire conversation between Lea, Nick Boulton, and Laura Kinsale last week, I have favorite moments to share. Clipping those moments out allows me (and you) to revisit them – catching the feel of the chat with…

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Gal Tech: Kindle Fire HD Immersion Reading

With the release of the Kindle Fire 2nd generation and Kindle Fire HD in Sept 2012, Whispersync became a built in ability on the device – no extra steps are required to both listen and read on the Fire and…

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How To Search for Upcoming Audiobook Releases

As devoted listeners, we’re always wondering which new audiobooks are just around the corner. Will a favorite author’s next title be a simultaneous release in print and audio? Has a favorite author’s backlist been picked up by an audio publisher?…

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Brilliance Re-releases Nora Roberts’ Whiskey Beach with a New Narrator

Editor’s Note: For comparison, we have included sound samples below. Brilliance announced yesterday to Audible customers who own the original audio of Nora Roberts’ Whiskey Beach  that it was re-releasing the audio (originally published in April 2013) with a new narrator…

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New Releases: Susan Andersen’s Backlist

GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS – A Brenda and Melinda Chat THE GOOD NEWS IS, YAY, MORE SUSAN ANDERSEN IN AUDIO! YAY! She’s a great contemporary voice with a lot of humor, as well as strong family ties, especially “made-up” families, including…

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The Gals 2013 Review Scores … So Far

Audible’s list “The Best of 2013 … So Far” inspired me to comb through the Gals 2013 listens doing a bit of analyzing. I was astonished to find we have posted 78 audiobook reviews so far this year. Melinda has…

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How to Search Audible by Whispersync

There are multiple ways to search for audiobooks at Audible but as one who both reads and listens, my current favorite is by Genre combined with Whispersync. Of course, I’m looking for the deals you can find when buying the Kindle…

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Romance at the Audies

Editor’s note: Brenda wrote this article before the Audie Awards this past Thursday. It was edited to add the 2013 Audie Romance Winner. Looking through the Audio Publishers Association Winner’s Circle listings, we see that 2005 is the first year…

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Three Gals Talking: Laura Kinsale’s The Prince of Midnight

Laura Kinsale’s first audiobook, The Prince of Midnight, is due to hit Audible any day now. Her entire backlist will be released in audio format in 2013 and into 2014. That’s twelve Kinsale titles and we’re excited in a big way…