Month: July 2007

FAST FOOD Audiobook Promotion @ Wendy’s in USA and Canada

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

Wendy's RestaurantsWendy’s restuarants in the USA and Canada have kids fantasy audiobooks as the current “Kid’s Meal” premiums! A purchase of a kid’s meal will get you an audiobook and a promotional code for a 25% discount on Listening Library audiobook orders. Unforunately, the promo code is not valid for Harry Potter audiobooks.

By the way, the promo code, as listed on the official website, is: wendys

Here are the four available premium titles, but bear in mind it may be that different local restaurants offer different titles at different times:

The Curse Of The Cheese Pyramid
By Geronimo Stilton; Read by Edward Hermann
1? CD – [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Listening Library / Wendy’s Restaurants
Published: June 2007
The story about a mouse reporter sent to Egypt.

Dinosaurs Before Dark
By Mary Pope Osborne; Read by Mary Pope Osborne
1? CD – [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Listening Library / Wendy’s Restaurants
Published: June 2007
This is a tale from The Magic Tree House Collection, which we reviewed back in January.

Arthur’s Mystery Envelope
By Marc Brown; Read by Mark Linn-Baker
1? CD – [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Listening Library / Wendy’s Restaurants
Published: June 2007

Junie B. Jones Has A Monster Under Her Bed
By Barbara Park; Read by Lana Quintal
1? CD – [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Listening Library / Wendy’s Restaurants
Published: June 2007

posted by Jesse Willis

Two exclusive interviews with George R. R. Martin, 1 Free, 1 FREE Free

Jesse Willis

Online Audio

iTunes Audiobook Store - FREE Exclusive Interview With George R.R. MartinThe Apple iTunes Audiobook Store has a banner ad featuring a FREE “Exclusive Interview With George R.R. Martin.”
The interview appears to have been recorded by Books On Tape (the audiobook company releasing Martin’s Song Of Ice And Fire fantasy series), and was provided to iTunes by Audible.com. The interview runs 38 minutes and talks about the Song Of Ice And Fire series as well as the audiobook versions of them. And like the title of it sez, this is an exclusive, it isn’t on Audible.com or on the Books On Tape website. iTunes will ask for your iTunes account which requires a credit card even though the item your getting is free.

One reviewer of the interview mentions the Geeks On podcast, and that they have interview a superior interview with Martin recorded at last year’s ComicCon. Judge for yourself |MP3|.

You can subscribe to the Geeks On using their podcast feed:

http://www.geekson.com/GeeksOn

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First ever Mack Reynolds audiobook

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Podcast - The Time Traveler ShowThe Time Traveler Show podcast #19 has a never before heard short story by Mack Reynolds. Reynolds is one of my favorite “b-list” writers. He always tells a compelling story from an off-kilter perspective. This is, as far as I’m aware, the first ever audio adaptation of any Mack Reynolds tale. Hopefully it will be the first of many more. Also, be sure to have a listen to The Time Traveler’s exclusive interview with SF writer Tobias Buckell author of Crystal Rain and Raggamuffin, from show #18 MP3.

The Time Traveler Show #19 Slow Djinn by Mack ReynoldsSlow Djinn
By Mack Reynolds; Read by Jeremiah Costello
1 MP3 File – [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Time Traveler Show.com
Podcast: July 2007

Subscribe to the podcast to listen for free:

http://www.timetravelershow.com/shows/feed.xml

posted by Jesse Willis

Fortress Draconis by Michael A. Stackpole

Jesse Willis

Online Audio

Podcast Novel - Fortress DraconisMichael A. Stackpole, author and host of Dragon Page Cover To Cover is podcasting his 2001 fantasy novel novel Fortress Draconis. Here’s the description:

“Will the Nimble, an orphaned thief, attempts a grand theft and falls instead into the hands of a warrior called Crow and a refugee Vorquelf named Resolute who recognize the young man as the fulfillment of a prophecy. Hoping to overthrow the tyrant Chytrine and prevent her from acquiring the DragonCrown, Will and his newfound companions set out for the Fortress Draconis.“

You can subscribe to the podcast via this url:*

http://www.fortressdraconis.com/podcasts/fd/fdxml.xml

*UPDATED PODCAST URL Thanks Nick!

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LibriVox release of Jules Verne’s The Fur Country

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

More happy CANADA DAY releases! Completed a full month ahead of schedule, The Fur Country is a lenghty unabridged novel from LibriVox and public domain audiobook narrator extraordinaire Esther (AKA Starlite). Set at “Seventy Degrees North Latitude” in Canada’s far north, this is one of Jules Verne’s least known novels. The perfect choice for a July 1st release!

The Fur Country by Jules VerneThe Fur Country
By Jules Verne; Read by Esther
47 Zipped MP3 Files or Podcast – Approx. 13.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: July 1st 2007
“In 1859, officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company are given the mission to found a fort at 70 degrees north of the polar circle. At some point, an earthquake occurs, and from then on, laws of physics seem altered (a total eclipse happens to be only partial; tides are not perceived anymore). They eventually realise that they are not where they are supposed to be.”

Get the entire novel in podcast form via this feed:

http://librivox.org/bookfeeds/the-fur-country-by-jules-verne.xml

posted by Jesse Willis