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Audiopolis Brings a World of Audiobooks

Audiopolis brings audiobooks to the vast public in an entirely new way. AudioFile magazine`s new podcast helps audiobook reviews awaken and come alive by using the product`s own medium-spoken word. Sound clips are used to illustrate the audiobooks so listeners can choose the best books to hear.

AudioFile editor and founder Robin Whitten suggests that Audiopolis is indeed a whole new world. `The medium of audiobooks is sound, but our reviews have always been print. The creation of `soundreviews` uses audio`s own format and truly lets someone hear why an audiobook is so compelling and why it`s worth their time.` Growth continues in the audiobook industry that still sells the majority of its audiobook products on CDs and cassettes. But, listeners have responded strongly to downloadable audiobooks?available from the Apple iTunes Music Store, Audible.com, public libraries, and growing numbers of Web sites.

AudioFile, the premier magazine about audiobooks, covers hundreds of audiobook titles?in print. This week`s launch of Audiopolis brings the first spoken reviews to AudioFile`s comprehensive online archive of more than 18,000 print reviews of audiobooks. This dynamic way of hearing examples of what the reviewer is discussing makes an audiobook review come alive in a new and compelling form. Each podcast episode is a `soundreview` of a chosen audiobook that lends itself to discussion and illumination by the use of clips from the audio.