tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post8851111992028381253..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Heard and not seen - Karen BushKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-26127814136504958222012-06-11T15:35:37.704+01:002012-06-11T15:35:37.704+01:00I think I read Narrow Dog on Catherine's recom...I think I read Narrow Dog on Catherine's recommendation and yes, it's an enjoyable read. I record a lot of extracts from my own books as well as short stories and flash fiction and I'm convinced that there must be a way of using it to increase sales. Feedback has suggested that at least some readers like the idea of hearing a writer telling her/his own story. And if there's a way of getting them to work on Kindle, we should start exploring it.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-28624799821541233472012-06-11T14:43:41.596+01:002012-06-11T14:43:41.596+01:00I'll definitely have a go. Narrow Dog is, I ag...I'll definitely have a go. Narrow Dog is, I agree, a wonderful book. I got well paid for the audio deal for the Curiosity Cabinet (almost as much as I got for the book on its original publication!) But I'm not sure where it's available. I've never investigated since I have the CDs myself. I prefer books unabridged too when I can get them. Radio's a different kettle of fish since time is so limited.Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-62281880948673058622012-06-11T12:00:37.623+01:002012-06-11T12:00:37.623+01:00Unabridged books aren't always as hideously ex...Unabridged books aren't always as hideously expensive as you'd think - and Audible have a good deal going whereby you can download one book a month for just under £8: which when you get hooked on them, is good value!<br />Do listen to Narrowdog if you can - it really is a terrific recording (and like paper books, you can always order it from the library!)madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-8157180043278243322012-06-10T21:32:41.799+01:002012-06-10T21:32:41.799+01:00I enjoyed Narrow Dog to Carcassonne hugely - and I...I enjoyed Narrow Dog to Carcassonne hugely - and I too love audio books. Didn't know you could download to the Kindle from Audible. I must try it! <br />There is an audio version of The Curiosity Cabinet and it's beautifully read - even down to the Gaelic. But too expensive for anything but a library, alas, since it's unabridged and therefore a major undertaking. But an abridgement is a different animal, and normally very much shorter than the book. I used to do this for the Beeb. I abridged - among other things - The Remains of the Day, for Book At Bedtime. I have a lovely letter somewhere from Ishiguro telling me what a good job he thought I'd done. (Which was a relief!) It wasn't hard, because it's such an enviably beautiful book - even when I was working on it, somewhere about the middle, I started to cry and found it very hard to stop. <br />My son used to love Roald Dahl's Danny, Champion of the World as an audio book so much that he seemed capable of listening to it every night for months, even after we'd read him stories and even after he could read for himself. I used to think, thank goodness for cassettes as well.Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-75712334976011093472012-06-10T13:58:02.265+01:002012-06-10T13:58:02.265+01:00I don't know how we'd have survived car jo...I don't know how we'd have survived car journeys with young children without books on tape (or CD). My only problem was I'm usually thre driver and they tended to make me want to fall asleep - hangover from the bedtime story, I think. Am planning to try audible ... eventually.julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-2098843726629230052012-06-10T10:38:27.997+01:002012-06-10T10:38:27.997+01:00As I've said recently, my podcasts have proved...As I've said recently, my podcasts have proved to be particularly popular - probably because I don't narrate them myself! However, they've made me realise that an audio version of a novel or story really needs to be edited for this particular format - something I haven't done.<br /><br />(And listening to someone else read your work can be both illuminating and very sobering.)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com