Jurors in the 26th annual Audie Awards will have collectively encountered more than 14,000 hours of narration to make their 2021 selections.
Audio Publishers Association Names 25th Anniversary Audie Awards
The journalist and author Garrett Graff’s ‘The Only Plane in the Sky’—on the attacks of 9/11—wins the Audiobook of the Year prize for Simon & Schuster Audio.
Audio Publishers Association Names 2020 Audie Award Finalists
The United States’ most prominent awards program for audiobooks turns 25 this year with a 24-category shortlist of finalists.
The UK’s CrimeFest Awards Shortlists Include Clinton, Patterson, King
The UK’s crime fiction convention, CrimeFest, announced the shortlists in six categories for its 11th annual awards program.
Trade Show Notes: London Book Fair Hosts Fair Use Debate; BookExpo Announces Author-Speakers
The London Book Fair announces a debate on fair use and copyright. And BookExpo announces Stephen King will speak at the Author Breakfast.
Buku Fixi: On Translating Bestsellers for Malaysia
Young Malaysian publisher Buku Fixi is making waves, recently with translations of novels by Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. We talk to its founder.
Stephen King Rejects iPad, Praises Kindle, Furnishes with Books
By Edward Nawotka Here’s something I don’t get to write that often: Stephen King agrees with me (sort of). It the April 2 issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine, King devotes his pop culture column — this week’s title is “Inspector of Gadgets” — to the forthcoming iPad. As you might remember, King was himself a pitchman for the launch of …