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Audio Bestsellers: Through 2/24/13

Adam Boretz -- March 4th, 2013
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Screen shot 2013-03-04 at 11.23.43 AMThis week on PW’s audio bestseller list, James Patterson’s Alex Cross, Run (narrated by Michael Boatman and Steven Boyer for Hachette Audio) grabs the top spot, sending Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (Macmillan Audio) down to #2.

In at #3 is Patterson and Mark Sullivan’s Private Berlin (narrated by January LaVoy and Ari Fliakos for Hachette Audio), while Harlan Coben’s Play Dead — which is narrated by Scott Brick for Brilliance Audio — comes in at #4, and Debbie Macomber’s Love in Plain Sight (narrated by Amy McFadden for Brilliance) takes the #5 spot.

For the complete Audio Bestseller List from PW, CLICK HERE.

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Audio Bestsellers: Through 02/03/13

Adam Boretz -- February 11th, 2013
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Screen Shot 2013-02-08 at 7.46.39 AMOn PW’s Audio Bestseller List, James Patterson and Mark Sullivan’s Private Berlin — narrated by January LaVoy and Ari Fliakos for Hachette Audio — holds onto the #1 spot for the second consecutive week, relegating Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (Macmillan Audio), to the #2 slot. But fear not, O’Reilly fans, I have a feeling Bill will be back on top soon enough.

In at #3 is Love in Plain Sight by Debbie Macomber (narrated by Amy McFadden for Brilliance Audio), while climbing to #4 is  Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Near-Death Experience and Journey into the Afterlife — narrated by the author, Eben M.D. Alexander, for Simon & Schuster Audio.

And rounding out of top five is another Brilliance title: Nora Robert’s Captivated & Entranced, narrated by Therese Plummer and MacLeod Andrews.

For the complete Audio Bestseller List from PW, CLICK HERE.

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Audio Bestsellers: Through 01/20/13

Adam Boretz -- January 29th, 2013
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Unsurprisingly, Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (Macmillan Audio) reclaims the #1 spot this week on PW’s Audio Bestseller List.

In at #2 is John Grisham’s The Litigators (narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris for Random House Audio), while in the #3 spot is Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Near-Death Experience and Journey into the Afterlife. The audiobook is narrated by the author, Eben M.D. Alexander, for Simon & Schuster Audio.

Grabbing the #4 spot is Stuart Woods’s Collateral Damage, narrated by Tony Roberts and available from Penguin Audio. And rounding out our Top 5 is Fern Michaels’s  Return to Sender, which is read by Angela Dawe for Brilliance Audio.

For all of this week’s Audio Bestsellers from PW, CLICK HERE.

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Audio Bestsellers: Through 01.13.13

Adam Boretz -- January 24th, 2013
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Snatching the top spot on this week’s Audio Bestseller List from PW is Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s A Memory of Light. This final installment in the late Jordan’s Wheel of Time series is narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading for Macmillan Audio.

Dropping to the #2 spot (gasp!) is Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (Macmillan Audio), while coming in at #3 is Stuart Woods’s Collateral Damage, narrated by Tony Roberts and available from Penguin Audio.

In the #4 spot is Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly’s The Husband List, which is read by Lorelei King for Macmillan Audio, and rounding out the Top 5 is Nora Roberts’s Mysterious, narrated by Ashley Adlon and Gayle Hendrix and available from Brilliance Audio.

For the rest of PW’s Audio Bestseller List, CLICK HERE.

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Audio Bestsellers: Through 11.11.12

Adam Boretz -- November 19th, 2012
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After two weeks of stagnancy, some new titles finally cracked the Top 5 in PW’s Audio Bestseller List.

And while Bill O’Reilly is still at #1 with Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (Macmillan Audio), the next two spots go to debut titles: At #2 is Clive and Dirk Cussler’s Poseidon’s Arrow (narrated by Scott Brick for Penguin Audiobooks); at #3 is the Nora Roberts’s The Perfect Hope, which is narrated by MacLeod Andrews and available from Brilliance Audio.

In at #4 is Patricia D. Cornwell’s The Bone Bed (narrated by Kate Reading) from Penguin Audiobooks.

And dropping to #5 is the abridged audio version of John Grisham’s The Racketeer (read by J.D. Jackson for Random House Audio).

For the complete list of Audio Bestsellers from PW, CLICK HERE.

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October Audiobook Release Roundup

Adam Boretz -- October 18th, 2012
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It’s time once again for our Audiobook Release Roundup. This month, we’ve got new and forthcoming titles from the likes of Tantor Media, Galaxy Press, Brilliance Audio, AudioGO — and everyone in between.

And in terms of new titles, check out the following links to find audio editions of books by everyone from P.G. Wodehouse and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to L. Ron Hubbard and Marcel Proust. All read by some of the best narrators in the game today.

And, as always, if you are an audio publisher, and we left you off the list, just let us know — we’ll add you to our roster right away.

AudioGO

Blackstone Audio 

MacMillan Audio

Dog Ear Audio

Tantor Audio Continue reading →

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September Audiobook Release Roundup

Adam Boretz -- September 12th, 2012
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Here at Audio HQ, there’s a chill in the air — and that means Fall has arrived and it’s time for the September Edition of our Audiobook Release Roundup.

Let’s take a look at the latest releases from some of the industry’s major audio publishers.

And, as always, if you are an audio publisher, and we left you off the list, just let us know — we’ll add you to our roster right away.

AudioGO

Blackstone Audio

MacMillan Audio

Dog Ear Audio

Tantor Audio Continue reading →

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Starred Review Roundup: August 2012

Adam Boretz -- September 10th, 2012
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It’s time once again for our Monthly Starred Review Roundup — a new feature we’ve been doing here at Listen Up to highlight those audiobooks that recently received Starred Reviews from PW.

For the month of August, we present you with the following:

Nonfiction

Thomas McNamee, read by Dick Hill. Tantor Media, unabridged, 11 CDs, 13 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-4526-0812-9
Adam Carolla with Mike Lynch, read by Adam Carolla. Random House Audio, abridged, seven CDs, 8 hrs., $35 ISBN 978-0-307-93977-7
Joan Rivers, read by the author. Penguin Audio, unabridged, four CDs, 5 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 978-1-61176-065-1

YA Fiction

Gary Paulsen, read by Nick Podehl. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, two CDs, 1.5 hrs., $14.99 ISBN 978-1-4558-0823-6

Fiction

Anne Holt, read by Kate Reading. Blackstone Audio, unabridged, nine CDs, 11.5 hrs., $32.95 ISBN 978-1-4551-6030-3
William Shakespeare, read by Alan Cumming. Simon & Schuster Audio, unabridged, 2 CDs, 2 hrs., $14.99 ISBN 978-1-4423-5593-4
Gail Tsukiyama, read by Simon Vance. MacMillan Audio, unabridged, six CDs, 7 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-4272-2249-7
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And The Winner Is…

Adam Boretz -- August 31st, 2012
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As promised, today we announce the winner of The Great Audiobook Giveaway: Summer 2012.

But before we do, let’s (1) give another big thanks to all the audio publishers that donated audiobooks and partnered with Listen Up and PW to make this contest possible; and (2) remind everyone about all the amazing audiobooks they’ve registered to win:

  • Savages (Tantor Media)
  • Fifty Shames of Earl Grey (Tantor Media)
  • Resilience (HighBridge Audio)
  • Heading Out to Wonderful (HighBridge Audio)
  • Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach (HighBridge Audio)
  • Black Mask Stories: The Corpse Didn’t Kick (HighBridge Audio)
  • Life of Pi (HighBridge Audio)
  • The Hobbit (HighBridge Audio)
  • The Devil’s Right Hand (Brilliance Audio)
  • The Secret Piano (Brilliance Audio)
  • Fangoria Volume 1: Dreadtime Stories (AudioGO)
  • Criminal (AudioGO)
  • Blood Line (HarperAudio)
  • The Great Escape (HarperAudio)
  • Get Some Headspace (Macmillan Audio)
  • Tigers in Red Weather (Hachette Audio)
  • I, Michael Bennett (Hachette Audio)
  • Fearless (christianaudio)
  • The Folded Earth (Dreamscape Media)
  • Wallflower in Bloom (Dreamscape Media)
  • The Age of Miracles (Random House Audio)
  • Yes, Chef (Random House Audio)
  • Gold (Simon & Schuster Audio)
  • Creole Belle (Simon & Schuster Audio)
  • The Next Best Thing (Simon & Schuster Audio)
  • The Chaperone (Penguin Audio)
  • I Hate Everyone…Starting with Me (Penguin Audio)
  • A History of the Olympics (Naxos AudioBooks)
  • The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Naxos AudioBooks)
  • Great American Westerns Vol 1 (GraphicAudio)
  • The Highwayman (GraphicAudio)
  • The 39 Clues: Operation Trinity  (Scholastic Audio)
  • Wolves of the Beyond: Spirit Wolf  (Scholastic Audio)
  • Marty McGuire Digs Worms!  (Scholastic Audio)
  • Scott’s Last Expedition: The Journals of Robert Scott (CSA Word, distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing from IPG)
  • A Room of One’s Own (CSA Word, distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing from IPG)

So, without further ado, from the more than 500 entries from audiobook fans all over the world, the randomly selected winner of The Great Audiobook Giveaway: Summer 2012 is…

Congratulations, Trish! We’ll contact you directly — and we hope you’re ready to listen to A LOT of books!

Thanks to everyone who entered. We’ll be doing another Great Audiobook Giveaway this Fall — so stay tuned for details.

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The Great Audiobook Giveaway: Last Day To Register!

Adam Boretz -- August 30th, 2012

Like sands through the hourglass, so is The Great Audiobook Giveaway. And, as of this morning, you’ve got a mere 24 hours to register to win a massive prize pack of audiobooks from some of the industry’s biggest and best audio publishers.

In case you’ve forgotten, here’s how you register: Simply leave a comment on our Great Audiobook Giveaway Post — tell us about one of your favorite audiobooks or audio narrators. Once you comment, you’re registered for the giveaway. Want to up your chances of winning? Leave another comment. Or, leave another five comments. There’s no limit to the number of times you can enter to win.

What will you win? I’m glad you asked. We’ve partnered with a host of great audio publishers — special thanks to all of you for your help and donations! — to put together an amazing prize that includes the following titles:

  • Savages (Tantor Media)
  • Fifty Shames of Earl Grey (Tantor Media)
  • Resilience (HighBridge Audio)
  • Heading Out to Wonderful (HighBridge Audio)
  • Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach (HighBridge Audio)
  • Black Mask Stories: The Corpse Didn’t Kick (HighBridge Audio)
  • Life of Pi (HighBridge Audio)
  • The Hobbit (HighBridge Audio)
  • The Devil’s Right Hand (Brilliance Audio)
  • The Secret Piano (Brilliance Audio)
  • Fangoria Volume 1: Dreadtime Stories (AudioGO)
  • Criminal (AudioGO)
  • Blood Line (HarperAudio)
  • The Great Escape (HarperAudio)
  • Get Some Headspace (Macmillan Audio)
  • Tigers in Red Weather (Hachette Audio)
  • I, Michael Bennett (Hachette Audio)
  • Fearless (christianaudio)
  • The Folded Earth (Dreamscape Media)
  • Wallflower in Bloom (Dreamscape Media)
  • The Age of Miracles (Random House Audio)
  • Yes, Chef (Random House Audio)
  • Gold (Simon & Schuster Audio)
  • Creole Belle (Simon & Schuster Audio)
  • The Next Best Thing (Simon & Schuster Audio)
  • The Chaperone (Penguin Audio)
  • I Hate Everyone…Starting with Me (Penguin Audio)
  • A History of the Olympics (Naxos AudioBooks)
  • The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Naxos AudioBooks)
  • Great American Westerns Vol 1 (GraphicAudio)
  • The Highwayman (GraphicAudio)
  • The 39 Clues: Operation Trinity  (Scholastic Audio)
  • Wolves of the Beyond: Spirit Wolf  (Scholastic Audio)
  • Marty McGuire Digs Worms!  (Scholastic Audio)
  • Scott’s Last Expedition: The Journals of Robert Scott (CSA Word, distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing from IPG)
  • A Room of One’s Own (CSA Word, distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing from IPG)

The winner will be announced right here on August 31 — tomorrow! — so good luck and happy listening!

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