Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An audio recording consisting of a book or other material read aloud.
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- noun A
recording , usually made available for sale, of areading of the full text or of anabridgement of a book.
Etymologies
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Examples
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On a similar note, I was struck by the fact that neither reader on the audiobook is actually British - and their accents, to my American ears, sounded awfully fake.
Tish! That's French! Roger Sutton 2007
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Rife with wit, anecdotes galore, and entertaining wordplay, this audiobook is a must for lovers of the English language.
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James Wallace Harris tells us why books worth re-reading are worth listening to in audiobook format.
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Firstly METAtropolis, the Hugo-nominated audiobook, is currently available for free for a limited period of time.
Free Audio Nominees sfawardswatch 2009
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Maria Lectrix public domain audiobook podcast – for people with catholic tastes
#1686: Part 7 of On the Soul and the Resurrection by St. Gregory of Nyssa « Maria Lectrix 2009
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Then the audiobook is put into production for distributors, retailers, and listeners.
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 1) 2009
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For the uninitiated, the 336 page and the 11 hour audiobook is called Room and not THE Room because the first-person narrator is a five year old boy and that's what he calls the 11 'by 11' room where he was born, raised and held captive along with his mother by a kidnapper.
Tom Alderman: All Boxed In and Making the Best of It Tom Alderman 2010
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Given the extra space (2 CDs of audiobook is worth several Torchwood episodes) we get a lot of decent exploration of love and religion in the world of Torchwood, though I felt that the author would gladly have given us more if space had allowed.
July Books 1) Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck nwhyte 2009
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For the uninitiated, the 336 page and the 11 hour audiobook is called Room and not THE Room because the first-person narrator is a five year old boy and that's what he calls the 11 'by 11' room where he was born, raised and held captive along with his mother by a kidnapper.
Tom Alderman: All Boxed In and Making the Best of It Tom Alderman 2010
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James Wallace Harris tells us why books worth re-reading are worth listening to in audiobook format.
March 2009 2009
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