http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.comRSS feeds for AudioGO - Trade60http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/157/Twitter-Novel-Round-Two-Kicks-Off-Soon.aspx#Comments4http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=157http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=157&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/157/Twitter-Novel-Round-Two-Kicks-Off-Soon.aspx You can write an original audiobook story on Twitter with #1 New York Times Bestselling Author  Meg Cabot  Starting February 16 at Noon EST, author Meg Cabot (@megcabot) will launch a special interactive storytelling experience. She'll tweet the first line of an original tale and then the rest is up to you! Just login to your Twitter account (registration is free) to tweet your own suggested sentence to continue the tale.   How Does it Work? Read the opening line of the story tweeted by Meg and follow us here @BBCAA to tweet the possible next sentence of the story (tweets must be 140 characters or less) like this: @BBCAA Your Tweet Here #bbcawdio We'll read all of the suggested lines and retweet the ones that best continue the story in real time. This special choose-your-own-adventure style story will also be chronicled here on our blog daily as the story unfolds with its myriad twists and turns created by YOU! What Happens Next? When our story winds down, we’ll edit the contributions and compile a script, then head into the studio to record and produce the audiobook. The final audiobook will be downloadable free on our website and also available as a digital download at iTunes and other audiobook retailers. (Please see our legal release for further rules and information.) About Meg Cabot Meg Cabot (www.megcabot.com) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty-five series and books that have sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. Her Princess Diaries, published in more than 38 countries, was made into two hit movies by Disney. Meg also wrote the bestselling Mediator and Queen of Babble series, as well as 1-800-Where-R-You? (on which the television series, Missing, was based). Meg currently writes the Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls series for middle-grade readers and the Heather Wells mystery series for adult readers.  Look for Runaway, the final installment in her Airhead series, this spring, and Insatiable, a new adult paranormal, this summer. She divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City.  Stay tuned to this blog and our Twitter page (@BBCAA) for updates, news, giveaways and more!  bbcaadminTue, 02 Feb 2010 20:30:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:157http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/111/Twitter-Audio-T-minus-60-to-Launch.aspx#Comments16http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=111http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=111&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/111/Twitter-Audio-T-minus-60-to-Launch.aspxWow! The response to this storytelling experiment has been amazing! The Twitter community has really embraced this idea, retweeting it hundreds of times and in many different languages too! Mainstream publications such as Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, CNet.com, and more have also spread the news. Of course, we're so excited to have the amazing, bestselling and award-winning Neil Gaiman kicking things off for us at Noon EST today. He gave us a sneak peek at his opening and it's fantastically imaginative and chilling. (Just like you'd expect from the author of Coraline and The Graveyard Book!) Then it will be up to you! Remember that you can see all the submitted tweets by searching the hashtag #bbcawdio if you like, but we'll be retweeting the ones that push the story forward in new and interesting directions at @BBCAA. We'll try to shape a narrative out of all your creative ideas as quickly and spontaneously as possible. So bear with us! It will be messy and chaotic and maybe we'll go off in some crazy directions. But that's all part of the fun. Once we're approaching 1000 lines retweeted, we'll cap things off. (Please keep in mind we are but human and may need to take some hiatuses in there!) But you can continue the story. Maybe there'll be sequels and trilogies? It's all up to you. Stay tuned to this blog because we'll summarize the story in progress as we go. Thanks for joining us on this storytelling adventure!bbcaadminTue, 13 Oct 2009 14:59:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:111http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/110/Twitter-an-Audio-Story-with-Neil-Gaiman.aspx#Comments126http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=110http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=110&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/110/Twitter-an-Audio-Story-with-Neil-Gaiman.aspxYou can write an original audiobook story on Twitter with New York Times Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman!   Starting October 13 at Noon EST, Neil Gaiman (known as @Neilhimself) will launch a special round-robin interactive storytelling experience. He'll tweet the first line of the story and then the rest is up to you! Just login to your Twitter account (registration is free) to continue the story.  How Does it Work? Read the opening line of the story tweeted by Neil (or catch up with it in progress by visiting #bbcawdio) and then follow us at http://www.twitter.com/BBCAA to post the next sentence of the story (tweets must be 140 characters or less) like this: @BBCAA Your Tweet Here #bbcawdio (Please use both the @BBCAA and the #bbcawdio tags to be sure we see your contribution!)  This special choose-your-own-adventure style story will also be chronicled here on our blog as the story unfolds with its myriad twists and turns created by YOU! What Happens Next? When roughly 1000 Tweets are logged, we’ll edit the contributions and compile a script, then head into the studio to record and produce the audiobook. The final audiobook will be downloadable free on our website and also available as a digital download at iTunes and other audiobook retailers. (Please see our legal release for further rules and information.) About Neil Gaiman  Neil Gaiman is the author of the novels The Graveyard Book (New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Best Audiobook of the Year), Coraline, Neverwhere, Stardust, Anansi Boys, the Hugo-and Nebula-winning American Gods, the Sandman series of graphic novels, and several collections of short fiction. Originally from England, he now lives in Minneapolis. Visit his blog at www.neilgaiman.com. Stay tuned to this blog and our Twitter page (@BBCAA) for more updates, news and special giveaways!  bbcaadminMon, 12 Oct 2009 13:12:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:110http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/88/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-in-Concert.aspx#Comments22http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=88http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=88&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/88/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-in-Concert.aspxIf you're a Tolkien fan, then you might just want to make a little pilgrimage to New York City the weekend of October 9-11. That's when Radio City Music Hall will be presenting The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring in Concert! A full orchestral performance of the score from the recent hit film, created by Howard Shore, will be perfectly synchronized to accompany a screening of the 178-minute movie. What more could a Ringer ask for? A special sound mix of the movie is created that allows for dialogue and light sound effects to be heard but that showcases the orchestra's performance, which is carefully timed using a special color-coded software that signals the conductor to passage changes and tempo fluctuations in the score. Maestro Ludvig Wicki conducts Switzerland’s 21st Century Orchestra, the Collegiate Chorale and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and additional vocals will be sung by Soprano Kaitlyn Lusk.  The fall weekend will include other LOTR-themed events as well, including CD and book signings with Shore and Doug Adams, author of The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, and panel discussions with Tolkien linguist David Salo, who translated all choral lyrics for The Lord of the Rings scores, as well as illustrator/artist Colleen Doran. More events will be announced soon as well. Sounds like an event any LOTR fan would go to the ends of Middle Earth for!      bbcaadminThu, 13 Aug 2009 13:55:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:88http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/87/Former-Doctor-Tom-Baker-Returns-for-Who-Audiobooks.aspx#Comments19http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=87http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=87&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/87/Former-Doctor-Tom-Baker-Returns-for-Who-Audiobooks.aspxAs reported (to much fan fair) by Wired.com, the fourth actor to play the lead in the cult hit TV show Doctor Who, Tom Baker, who portrayed the time-traveling hero from 1974 to 1981, is returning to the iconic role--on audio! Baker is in the studio recording a new five-program series for BBC Audiobooks (look for them to be offered in our catalogue this coming January as a complete set). The Doctor Who: Hornets’ Nest series was penned by Paul Magrs and also stars Richard Franklin, Susan Jameson, and Rula Lenska. Now 75 years old, Baker is the Doctor most Americans recognize and associate with the role, since his episodes were some of the first to be imported and aired here on PBS in the 1980s. Fans will surely welcome the return of this beloved actor to the Who-niverse!bbcaadminTue, 04 Aug 2009 19:46:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:87