[Md-sligo] FW: The Growing Popularity Of Audio Books -- today at 11:00 a.m. on WAMU

[Tom Bickford]

Debbie,
I heard about the show and did hear most of the show. Diane usually gives
the call-in number, but it was obvious that they were flooded with incoming
calls, so she never gave the number.  It was a reasonable discussion. The
show is available on their website.  You don't have to wait until the next
day.  I have listened at other times, and the show is available within an
hour or two after the original broadcast. 

Happy listening or reading, whichever you prefer.  I was talking with my
dentist once and we were discussing the difference between reading a book by
looking at the page or listening to the words.  I said I had read the book
just as much by listening as if I had felt the braille or seen the page.  He
thought a long time and then asked the condition if I went to an orchestral
concert and "heard" the music.  I decided not to conttest the point any
more. As I think of this now I remember the introduction that Louis L'mour
used to put at the beginning of his Westerns.  He thought of himself as from
the tradition of story tellers.  Those stories were passed down verbally.
Well, I don'dt care any more.  As long as I got the information from the
book, I don't care how I got it.

Tom Bickford
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Subject: The Growing Popularity Of Audio Books -- today at 11:00 a.m. on
WAMU

Listen, call and comment on the Diane Rehm radio show today at 11:00 a.m. on
WAMU, 88.5 FM. 1-800-433-8850. They usually post the transcript the next
day. See info and website link below.

The Growing Popularity Of Audio Books
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 11:06 a.m.
Audio books have come full circle. Once just for the blind, books on
cassette and then CD first became available to the general public three
decades ago, mostly in libraries or by subscription. Soon they popped up in
bookstores, taking up a shelf or two. By the late '90s, big box stores
featured whole walls of audio books. Now, in the age of digital downloads,
book shelves are sparse once more. But the industry is thriving -- it's
currently estimated to be worth $1.2 billion. Many love the convenience of
audio books and enjoy being read to. Critics argue listening to a narrated
book is not the same as reading. Diane and her guests discuss the future of
audio books.

Guests
Michele Cobb president of Audio Publishers Association and vice president of
sales & marketing at AudioGO.
Peter Osnos founder and editor-at-large of Public Affairs Books and media
fellow at The Century Foundation.
John Schwartz national correspondent for The New York Times. He writes an
occasional article for The Times on the audio book industry and recently
narrated his memoir, "Oddly Normal."
Katherine Kellgren award-winning audio book narrator.
Vailey Oehlke director of libraries at Multnomah County Library in Portland,
Ore.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-01-29/growing-popularity-audio-books

Francie Gilman
Librarian
Disability Resource Center
http://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/disabilityservices
Rockville Memorial Library
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Rockville, MD 20850
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