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

Awards & Recognition WIN a RUSA Listen List CD Collection Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on March 10, 2014

RUSA’s Listen List titles were selected because “they are a pleasure to listen to and make one reluctant to stop listening…”

Ten lucky librarians can win this incredible BOT CD collection, an asset for any audiobook shelf! Read more

Tagged: ALA Awards, Collection Development, Contest, HEARTBURN, Listen List, LONGBOURN, RUSA, VAMPIRES IN THE LEMON GROVE, WORLD WAR Z

Awards & Recognition RUSA’s 2014 Listen List Submitted by Kristen Luby on January 28, 2014

Audio experts and new listeners are sure to find an audiobook that will “enthrall, delight and inspire” them on this year’s Listen List, including four outstanding BOT titles. Read more

Tagged: ALA Awards, HEARTBURN, Jo Baker, Karen Russell, LONGBOURN, Max Brooks, Nora Ephron, VAMPIRES IN THE LEMON GROVE, WORLD WAR Z

Awards & Recognition Library Journal’s 2013 Best Audio Picks Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on December 5, 2013

Zombies, and vampires, and Jane Austen-inspired drama. Oh my! It’s been another all-star year for audio and Library Journal has taken note of eight great offerings from BOT that will add instant appeal to your shelves. Read more

Tagged: 2013, Best of Lists, CRAZY SALAD AND SCRIBBLE SCRIBBLE, FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL, Library Journal, LONGBOURN, THE AVIATOR'S WIFE, THE SYSTEM, THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS, VAMPIRES IN THE LEMON GROVE, WORLD WAR Z