TheAudioBooksBlog » Audiobook FAQs http://theaudiobooksblog.com The AudioBooks Blog Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:08:51 +0000 en hourly 1 superlistener superlistener Audio Books No No Are All Books Created in Audiobook Format? http://theaudiobooksblog.com/2009/05/12/are-all-books-created-in-audiobook-format/ http://theaudiobooksblog.com/2009/05/12/are-all-books-created-in-audiobook-format/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 18:19:57 +0000 superlistener http://theaudiobooksblog.com/?p=107 questionsmA question that comes up time to time is whether we have a certain book in our catalog?  The answer to that is threefold.

Firstly not all books are created in audio book format.  The audiobook format is not always good for all types of books.  A good example of that are books like textbooks but even some new books are not good candidates.  Reif Larsen recently wrote a book "The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet" which includes many drawings and maps as part of the story line.  He deemed it not a good candidate for audio so that book currently does not have audio rights for stores to buy.

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]]> http://theaudiobooksblog.com/2009/05/12/are-all-books-created-in-audiobook-format/feed/ 0 Who Created Audiobooks? http://theaudiobooksblog.com/2009/04/30/who-created-audiobooks/ http://theaudiobooksblog.com/2009/04/30/who-created-audiobooks/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:48:09 +0000 superlistener http://theaudiobooksblog.com/?p=88 confusedWe are starting a series of posts dedicated to frequently asked questions about audio books.  They will for the most part be short posts unless they really need broader coverage.  As the first we have decided to track down who created the first audio book.

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