Awards & Recognition, Featured President Barack Obama’s A PROMISED LAND Is Nominated for the 2022 Best Spoken Word Album GRAMMY® Award Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on November 23, 2021

President Obama’s #1 New York Times bestselling audiobook A PROMISED LAND, read by the author and published by Penguin Random House Audio, has earned a 2022 Best Spoken Word Album GRAMMY® Award nomination. Read more

Tagged: A Promised Land, Barack Obama, Grammy nomination, Grammy nominee

Featured, Guest Post The Making of a Grammy-Winning Audiobook: Directing an Icon Submitted by BOT Contributor on March 29, 2018

We’re thrilled to welcome audiobook director, Jessica Kaye, to the BOT blog, as she tells us about her experience directing the late, great Carrie Fisher for her Grammy Award-winning audiobook,THE PRINCESS DIARIST. Go behind-the-mic to hear about the fascinating directing process and what made this special recording a winning listen… Read more

Tagged: Behind the Scenes, Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher, director, Grammy, Grammy nominee, GRAMMY winner, Jessica Kaye, The Princess Diarist

Awards & Recognition, Featured Titles Grammy Winner DIARY OF A MAD DIVA written and read by Joan Rivers (BOT Spring ’15 Drop In) Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on January 9, 2015

“Can we talk?” Those three words alone could instantly spark a stream of laughter through a crowd when spoken by the late, great Joan Rivers, the groundbreaking comedian who sadly passed away in September 2014. What better way for fans to honor her legacy and enjoy her one-of-a-kind voice than by listening to her final audiobook? Read more

Tagged: author-read, comedian, Drop-Ins, Grammy nomination, Grammy nominee, Joan Rivers, Read by the Author