Promotions & Events Download free audiobooks all summer long via SYNC Submitted by Kristen Luby on August 1, 2017

Encourage summer listening at your library! SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens 13+ (and adult listeners, too!). From April 27 through August 16, 2017, SYNC will give away two complete audiobook downloads each week, including four outstanding Listening Library titles! Visit www.audiobooksync.com each week for two new audio offerings. Once downloaded, these audios are yours to keep—but hurry, each title is available for one week only! Read more

Tagged: BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY, Douglas Adams, FEED, Free audiobook, Free download, IN MY HANDS, Irene Gut Opdyke, M.T. Anderson, Ruta Sepetys, Stephen Fry, Summer Listening, SYNC, THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

Featured, Featured Titles Wish you could press pause on summer? Tackle summer TBR lists with audiobooks! Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on August 8, 2016

It’s that time of year when all of us tend to say, “Where has the summer gone? How is it flying by so quickly?!” And if you’re a librarian or book-lover, a common complaint is: “But I still have so many summer reads on my list!” Remind patrons that audiobooks can help. Read more

Tagged: beach listens, Camille Aubray, Catherine Taber, Emily Foster, Emily Giffin, Graham Moore, Janet Evanovich, Johnathan McClain, Lorelei King, Mozhan Marno, Scott Brick, Summer 2016, Summer Listening

Featured, Featured Titles, Video IN THE STUDIO: Delia Ephron on audiobooks and the starry cast of SIRACUSA Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on June 30, 2016

Get ready for a drama-filled European vacation with Delia Ephron’s SIRACUSA on audio. In fun casting news, two real-life married celebrity couples bring their acting chops and charm to the mic, adding even more sizzle to SIRACUSA, a summer must-listen and July LibraryReads pick. WATCH Delia in the studio as she reveals the cast Read more

Tagged: Behind the Scenes, Casting News, Darren Goldstein, Delia Ephron, In the Studio, Italy, John Slattery, Katie Finneran, Library Reads, Mad Men, SIRACUSA, Summer Listening, Talia Balsam, Video

Featured-LL, Marketing Tips Keep Kids on Track with Summer Listening Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on July 16, 2015

American Libraries Magazine stated in their recent article “All Ears This Summer,” that audiobooks are a key piece to the puzzle when it comes to helping young people offset the dreaded “summer slide.” Read more

Tagged: marketing tip, Sound Learning, Students, Summer, Summer Listening, SYNC