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Audio Bestsellers: Week of 09.17.12

Adam Boretz -- September 18th, 2012
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This week, Publishers Weekly’s Audio Bestseller list features four new titles claiming the top four spots.

At #1 is No Easy Day by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer (narrated by Holter Graham) from Penguin Audio.

Coming in at #2 is another Penguin Audio titles, Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry’s The Tombs (narrated by Scott Brick).

This week’s #3 is James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge’s Zoo (narrated by Jay Snyder) from Hachette Audio, while the new #4 is The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom (narrated by Dan Stevens for Hyperion.)

And finally, coming in at #5 is Kenneth C. Davis’s Don’t Know Much About Anything (narrated by Jeff Woodman with Quincy Tyler Bernstein and Oliver Wyman) from Random House Audio.

And for those of you keeping score at home, both Fifty Shades of Grey and Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Lincoln are still in out Top 10, coming in at the #6 and #8 positions respectively.

For the complete Audio Bestseller List, CLICK HERE.

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Audio Bestsellers: Week of 09.10.12

Adam Boretz -- September 13th, 2012
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Shaking up this week’s Audio Bestseller List from Publishers Weekly, Kathy Reichs’s newly released Bones Are Forever (narrated by Linda Emond) grabbed the #1 spot.

Dropping to #2 is Kenneth C. Davis’s Don’t Know Much About Anything (narrated by Jeff Woodman with Quincy Tyler Bernstein and Oliver Wyman), while the #3 and #4 spots are occupied by Kill Alex Cross (narrated by Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier) and E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey (narrated by Becca Battoe) respectively.

And coming in at #5 is Michael Connelly’s The Drop (narrated by Len Cariou).

For the complete Audio Bestseller List, CLICK HERE.

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Audio Bestsellers: Week of 09.03.12

Adam Boretz -- September 4th, 2012
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Spoiler Alert: This week’s Audio Bestseller List from Publishers Weekly is shockingly similar to last week’s Audio Bestseller List from Publishers Weekly.

Kenneth C. Davis’s Don’t Know Much About Anything (narrated by Jeff Woodman with Quincy Tyler Bernstein and Oliver Wyman) is holding strong in the #1 spot.

Last week’s #2 and #3 flip flopped, with Kill Alex Cross (read by Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier) dropping to #3 and Michael Connelly’s The Drop (narrated by Len Cariou) jumping to #2.

And our #4 and #5 from last week are unchanged: E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey (narrated by Becca Battoe) and Sue Grafton’s (narrated by Judy Kaye) respectively.

For the complete Audio Bestseller List, CLICK HERE.

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Audio Bestsellers: Week of 08.28.12

Adam Boretz -- August 28th, 2012
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This week’s Audio Bestseller List from Publishers Weekly again sees Kenneth C. Davis’s Don’t Know Much About Anything (narrated by Jeff Woodman with Quincy Tyler Bernstein and Oliver Wyman) sitting pretty at the #1 spot.

Climbing two places to #2 is Kill Alex Cross (read by Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier), while Michael Connelly’s The Drop (narrated by Len Cariou) remains at #3 and E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey (narrated by Becca Battoe) drops to #4. Rounding out the top five is Sue Grafton’s U Is for Undertow (narrated by Judy Kaye).

And for everyone wondering about Bill O’Reilly’s omnipresent Killing Lincoln (narrated by the author), it celebrated its 47th week on our Audio Bestseller List in the #8 spot.

For the complete Audio Bestseller List, CLICK HERE.

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Audio Bestsellers: The Week of 8:13:12

Adam Boretz -- August 15th, 2012
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This week on PW’s Audio Bestseller List, Kenneth C. Davis’s Don’t Know Much About Anything: Everything You Need to Know But Never Learned About People, Places, Events, And More! (narrated by Jeff Woodman with Quincy Tyler Bernstein and Oliver Wyman) jumped to the #1 spot.

Claiming the #2 spot on the list was Michael Connelly’s The Drop (narrated by Len Cariou), while Fifty Shades of Grey (narrated by Becca Battoe) dropped to #3.

And rounding out the Top Five were James Patterson’s Kill Alex Cross (read by Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier) at #4 and Sue Grafton’s U Is for Undertow (narrated by Judy Kaye) at #5.

To check out the full Audio Bestseller List, click HERE.

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Audiobook Q&A: 50 Shades of Becca Battoe

Adam Boretz -- July 31st, 2012
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Our Audiobook Q&A series is back — and this time, we’ve gone GREY. Today, we bring you our in-depth audiobooks chat with Becca Battoe, the narrator of E.L. James’s wildly popular Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed.

1. How did you come to narrate the audio editions of the 50 Shades books? Were you a fan of the series?

I have worked with Random House Audio for a few years now, so they have me in their databank as a reader. When E.L. James and her people called Random House looking for voices, mine was one of the many options she was given to choose from. Apparently, she chose my voice as the reader for these novels, and I couldn’t be more thrilled!

2. Once you signed on to narrate the series, did you feel a certain amount pressure give the popularity of the books?

Fortunately, when I got the call from my producer offering me this job, neither one of us had any idea how huge this title was going to be. I was still recording the second and third books when they released the first one, and I was astounded at all the press it got right out of the gate. I’m still at a loss for words. They were released over 20 weeks ago, and all three are still in the top 10 on Kindle, audio and paperback. It’s amazing!

3. Did the “adult” nature of the books present any special challenges to you as a narrator? Were there any passages that gave you pause as you were recording them? Continue reading →

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