Naxos Audiobooks: essays from A UNIVERSE OF BOOKS

Naxos Audiobooks produces quite a few abridged novels. I’m not a fan of that. But I am a fan about pretty much everything else they do – including the fact that they pick excellent narrators and research their subject, books,… Read moreNaxos Audiobooks: essays from A UNIVERSE OF BOOKS

Naxos Audiobooks: Silver Blaze by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I was absolutely knocked off my feet by this terrific video featuring audiobook narrator David Timson talking about, and narrating, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. The video was created for Naxos Audiobooks, which specializes in bringing public domain texts… Read moreNaxos Audiobooks: Silver Blaze by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Naxos Audiobooks: The Signalman by Charles Dickens

Naxos Audiobooks is offering… “A free classic short story download every week until Hallowe’en!” These stories will come from a 2007 audiobook short story collection called Classic Ghost Stories, all are read “with relish” by Stephen Critchlow. First up is…… Read moreNaxos Audiobooks: The Signalman by Charles Dickens

Hard Case Crime’s December 2009 release

Hard Case Crime has a near stranglehold on my paperback budgeted dollars. One reason is that they’ve got so many great titles that never get audiobooked. Another is their choice of cover art. A Hard Case Crime cover never fails… Read moreHard Case Crime’s December 2009 release