Audiobooks KCMLINYA Workshop October 25 2012 Kaite Mediatore Stover Kansas City Public Library kaitestoverkclibraryorg Types of Audiobooks Unabridged and abridged Single narrator fullcast multivoiced etc ID: 296568
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Listening to the Future of Reading: Readers Advisory for Audiobooks
KCMLIN/YA Workshop
October 25, 2012
Kaite Mediatore Stover
Kansas City Public Library
kaitestover@kclibrary.orgSlide2
Types of Audiobooks
Unabridged
and abridged
Single narrator, full-cast, multi-voiced, etc.Audio originalSlide3
Appeal Factors and Audio BooksStandard appeal factors
Pacing
Characterization
Story LineFrameAudible Presentation (Listenability)Slide4
Listener Format PreferencesUnabridged vs. Abridged
CDs,
Playaways
, MP3-CDs, MP3 fileLengthListening locationSlide5
Looking at the Listening
Summary
Voice quality Pronunciation & Accents Production quality Sound effects & music Chapter breaks, narrative bridges and book-marking
PackagingSlide6
The LingoTechnical
abridged, unabridged, dramatization, full-cast narration, multi-voiced, partially voiced, straight read
Voice sounds: breathy, dry, gluey, juicy, lip smacks, mouth clicks, throat swallows Production terms: woofing the mic, sibilants, plosives, mushy, peaky, hot sound
Voice descriptors
: sparkle, lilt, sonorous,
plummy
, craggy, gravelly, smarmy, majestic, husky, lyrical, melodiousSlide7
Readers’ Advisory Tools
Read On…
Audiobooks
Audiobooks for YouthAudio Books On the GoBooks Out Loud
Audiofile
Awards—
Audies
, Grammys,
The Odyssey Award,
Booklist
Voice of Choice, The Listen List
Websites--Audio Publishers Association &
AudioFile
Magazine Slide8
Narrator LustBarbara
Rosenblat
Tom
StechschulteNeil Gaiman Stephanie DanielKate Fleming/Anna Fields
Simon Vance
Scott Brick
Jim Dale
Charlotte Parry
Robin Sachs
Emily GreySlide9
Listen to a book in 15 minutes
Cover
Jacket blurb Length Listen Extras Appeal and audibilitySlide10
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Fast ForwardCirculation
“The Book is Dead!”