Collection Development, Collection Development, Featured Our Recommendations for First-Time Listeners Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on June 21, 2018

To celebrate listening to audiobooks (and that June Is Audiobook Month), we’re giving away a tote bag full of classic productions and new favorites! From children’s titles to adult titles and fiction to nonfiction, it is the ultimate audiobook tote. To enter to win it, click here. For official rules, click here.

The benefits of listening to audiobooks are clear: audiobooks are the ultimate tool for multitaskers, as well as a great way to relax. Read more

Tagged: Amie Kaufman, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher, Douglas Adams, Elizabeth Strout, Ernest Cline, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, I've Got Your Number, ILLUMINAE, J.K. Rowling, Jay Kristoff, Jayne Entwistle, Jim Dale, Johnathan McClain, Kimberly Farr, Lincoln Hoppe, Max Brooks, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Philip Pullman, READY PLAYER ONE, Sophie Kinsella, Stephen Fry, the golden compass, THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, The Princess Diarist, Wil Wheaton, WORLD WAR Z

Promotions & Events, Promotions & Events Awesome FREE webinar April 18 with special guests and a tote bag giveaway! #LoveAudiobooks Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on March 30, 2017

Librarians, educators, and audiobook fans! We’re hosting a FREE Booklist webinar on April 18th at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT) with special guests, prizes, and more… Read more

Tagged: Booklist, Jayne Entwistle, Kirby Heyborne, webinar

Awards & Recognition, Collection Development Hear ye! Hear ye! Are these 2017 ALA Award Winners on your audio shelves? Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on February 9, 2017

We were thrilled to join librarians at ALA Midwinter in Atlanta in January to celebrate the year’s best in books and audiobooks! View our photo album on Facebook here. We are excited to share our new 2017 Odyssey Award Winner with you! Plus, be sure to offer young patrons these other fabulous award winners in the audio format. Find audio clips, reviews, and more fun content to share below. Read more

Tagged: Adam Gidwitz, Adam Lazarre-White, Adenrele Ojo, ALA Awards, Allan Corduner, ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN, Ariadne Meyers, Bahni Turpin, Benjamin Bagby, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, Dion Graham, Dominic Hoffman, Emily Rankin, Erin Tripp, Ethan Sawyer, Fiona Hardingham, Frankie Faison, Gavriel Savit, IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY, Jayne Entwistle, JD Jackson, Jeff Zentner, Jorjeana Marie, Julie Berry, Karissa Vacker, Keith David, Kenneth C. Davis, Kieran Culkin, Lauren Wolk, MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD: THE HAMMER OF THOR, Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Newbery Honor, Nicola Yoon, Odyssey Award, Orli Moscowitz, Printz Honor, Raymond Lee, Rick Riordan, Robbie Daymond, THE INQUISITOR'S TALE, THE PASSION OF DOLSSA, THE SERPENT KING, THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES, THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, UPROOTED, WOLF HOLLOW

Awards & Recognition, Featured-LL School Library Journal’s Best Audiobooks of 2016 Submitted by Kristen Luby on November 29, 2016

Do you offer the best in children’s and teen audiobooks at your library? School Library Journal’s top picks for 2016 include a touching tale of friendship, a rocking summer road trip, a sweeping work of historical fiction, and a powerful story of love and tragedy. Read more

Tagged: Ashley Hope Perez, Benita Robledo, Best of Lists, Donna Gephart, Jayne Entwistle, Jesse Andrews, Julie Berry, LILY AND DUNKIN, Lincoln Hoppe, Michael Crouch, OUT OF DARKNESS, School Library Journal, SLJ, THE HATERS, THE PASSION OF DOLSSA

Promotions & Events Two Groundbreaking Panels about the Power of Audiobooks at NCTE and ALAN 2016–plus get a FREE audio in booth #413 Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on November 7, 2016

We’re thrilled to be headed to Atlanta, Georgia from November 17th — 20th to celebrate the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual conference. Don’t miss out on some amazing opportunities to hear about the power of audiobooks and meet some of your favorite authors and narrators. Read more