AudioFile (magazine)
Editor | Robin F. Whitten |
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Categories | Literary magazine |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
Publisher | AudioFile Publications, Inc. |
Year founded | 1992 |
Country | United States |
Based in | Portland, Maine |
Language | English |
Website | AudioFile |
ISSN | 1063-0244 |
AudioFile is a print and online magazine whose mission is to review "unabridged and abridged audiobooks, original audio programs, commentary, and dramatizations in the spoken-word format. The focus of reviews is the audio presentation, not the critique of the written material."[1]AudioFile is published six times a year in Portland, Maine.[2][3]
Contents
1 Launch
2 Online
3 Earphones Awards
4 SYNC Audiobooks for Teens
5 References
6 External links
Launch
The publication was launched in 1992 as a 12-page black & white newsletter containing about 50 critical reviews of audiobooks, focused on new releases.[4] In 1997, it switched to a 36-page color magazine format containing about 60 reviews per issue and interviews with authors, readers, and publishers.[5]
Online
In 2000, AudioFile launched an online database of past issues.[6] Current issues were offered online beginning in 2001.[7]
Earphones Awards
AudioFile bestows Earphones Awards to presentations which are deemed to excel in the following criteria:[8]
- Narrative voice and style
- Vocal characterizations
- Appropriateness for the audio format
- Enhancement of the text
SYNC Audiobooks for Teens
AudioFile sponsors the SYNC Audiobooks for Teens, a "free summer program for teens 13+." The program provides subscribers with two free and complete audiobook downloads paired thematically each week during its summer season. The season varies in length from 10-16 weeks. The audiobook files are delivered via the OverDrive Media Console.[9]
References
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^ "About". Audiofile.com. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
^ "Book Review Magazines". Book Market. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
^ Katz, Bill (November 15, 1992). "Magazines". Library Journal. 117 (19): 110.
^ Bryant, Eric (February 15, 1997). "AudioFile". Library Journal. 122 (3): 167.
^ Rosenblum, Trudi M. (April 3, 2000). "Audio bits". Publishers Weekly. 247 (14).
^ "AudioFile". School Library Journal, 03628930. 47 (6): 83. Jun 2001.
^ http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/earphones/
^ "What is SYNC?". Audiobooksync.com. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
External links
- Official website
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