http://www.teleread.org/2005/08/31/scott-sigler-qa-how-he-recorded-earthcore-with-his-eyes-on-p-book-and-hollywood-deals/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:26:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.teleread.org/2005/08/31/scott-sigler-qa-how-he-recorded-earthcore-with-his-eyes-on-p-book-and-hollywood-deals/comment-page-1/#comment-56187 Idiotprogrammer » Blog Archive » Seanachai Etc.: Cheap man’s guide to audiobooks & literary podcasts Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:32:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=3516#comment-56187 [...] Podcasting has made things interesting for both writers and those seeking quality audio fiction. First, podiobooks is a podcasting site that releases novels in serial form for free. Most of the books so far seem to be sci fi & fantasy (including Scott Sigler–interviewed recently on Teleread), but the distribution method and business model is innovative. Subscribing is free, but podiobooks.com provides infrastructure for donating (50% of the donation goes to support the website). Podiobooks has solved two pressing problems in the podcasting world: tracking audience and keeping old content fresh. Podiobooks create custom feeds for novels so it seems to you that you are being fed chapters a little bit at a time. Downloading a 10 hour audio novel can be overwhelming; but downloading a 60 minute mp3 each week seems less so. Right now I’m listening to a historical novel about John Wilkes Booth, Consider the Elephant. So far, most of the submissions are in scifi. (Here’s their announcement feed about new podiobook content). By definition RSS podcast feeds are public, but to take advantage of the custom feeds (which give you content one day/week/month at a time), you need to register. [...] [...] Podcasting has made things interesting for both writers and those seeking quality audio fiction. First, podiobooks is a podcasting site that releases novels in serial form for free. Most of the books so far seem to be sci fi & fantasy (including Scott Sigler–interviewed recently on Teleread), but the distribution method and business model is innovative. Subscribing is free, but podiobooks.com provides infrastructure for donating (50% of the donation goes to support the website). Podiobooks has solved two pressing problems in the podcasting world: tracking audience and keeping old content fresh. Podiobooks create custom feeds for novels so it seems to you that you are being fed chapters a little bit at a time. Downloading a 10 hour audio novel can be overwhelming; but downloading a 60 minute mp3 each week seems less so. Right now I’m listening to a historical novel about John Wilkes Booth, Consider the Elephant. So far, most of the submissions are in scifi. (Here’s their announcement feed about new podiobook content). By definition RSS podcast feeds are public, but to take advantage of the custom feeds (which give you content one day/week/month at a time), you need to register. [...]

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