2012 Audies Awards List Grows

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2012 Audies Awards List Grows

By superlistener on Monday, May 14th, 2012 | No Comments

The 2012 Audies Award nominations were announced last month by the Audio Publishers Association. Though many notable lists of books exist I have always found this award nominee list the best source of what audio books should be put on my listening list. Entries to this award list continues to grow. I will admit though [...]

2011 Audies® Top Award Nominees Announced

By superlistener on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Recently the Audio Publishers Association announced the nominees for the top level categories for their 2011 Audies® Awards. I was half tempted to put a picture of Johnny Depp here instead of Keith Richards, whose autobiography has been nominated for AudioBook of the Year. Johnny Depp is said to be one of the reasons why [...]

Hispanic Heritage Month 2010 Audio Book Spotlight

By superlistener on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month we are spotlighting some of the Hispanic authors in our audio book collection. For fans of Univision and members of the wider latino/hispanic audience Jorge Ramos isn’t a stranger. He has been the news anchorman for UniVision for more than twenty years. Though much of his work is appreciated [...]

Audies® 2010 Winners Update from CreateTimeAudio

By superlistener on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 | No Comments

The 2010 Audies® were awarded at the end of last month. Nelson Mandela’s African Folktales took Audiobook of the Year. It was not that much of a surprise given the star ensemble cast that narrated the audio book. We updated our list of Audies® 2010 Winners and Nominees from our catalog. The powers that be [...]

AudioBook of the Year 2010 Nominees Announced

By superlistener on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Yesterday the APA(Audio Publishers Association) announced the nominees for the 2 most prestigious awards to be given out at the Audies Award Ceremony in May. AudioBook of the Year and Distinguished Achievement in Production tend to get a lot of the press even though the Audies are awarded across 30 categories. The nominees for 2010 [...]