| People have been familiar with the
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| | 12-inch disk. The CD revolution had
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| concept of audio books for ages, long
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| | arrived.
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| before they started printing paper books.
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| | With the development of portable cassette
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| Oral storytelling, ballads and poetry
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| | recorders audiotapes had become very
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| were the only means to pass knowledge
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| | popular and by the late 1960s libraries
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| from generation to generation.
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| | became a source of free audio books on
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| In 1877 Tomas Edison announced his
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| | cassettes. Instructional and educational
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| invention of a rotating-cylinder
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| | recordings came first followed by
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| phonograph. This new technology created
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| | self-help tapes, and then by literature
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| the foundation for recording vocal
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| | and fiction. In 1970 Books on Tape
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| interpretations of literature.
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| | Corporation started rental plans for
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| In October 1899 Marconi made his first
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| | audio books distribution. The company
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| trip to the U.S. to broadcast results of
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| | expanded their services selling their
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| the America's Cup race. In Jan. 12-13,
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| | products to libraries. Audio books gained
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| 1910. De Forest arranges the world's
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| | more and more popularity. By the middle
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| first radio broadcast to public, directly
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| | of 1980s the audio publishing business
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| from Metropolitan Opera to several
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| | grew to several billion dollars a year.
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| listeners in New York.
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| | The new companies, Recorded Books and
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| By 1915 daily weather reports for farmers
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| | Chivers Audio Books, were the first to
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| were transmitted on the air. The history
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| | develop integrated production teams and
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| of Public Radio has begun. The spoken
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| | to work with professional actors. And
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| word of literature started its
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| | since libraries made up the largest
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| penetration into households all over the
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| | segment of their market space, Chivers
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| country.
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| | Audio Books established close connections
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| The Mercury Theater on the Air was
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| | with them from the very beginning of the
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| probably one of the most famous
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| | company's existence.
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| predecessors of modern audio books. In
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| | In 1996 Audio Publishers Association
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| 1938 Orson Welles' famous show "War of
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| | established the Audie Awards for audio
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| the Worlds" threw the nation into panic.
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| | books, which is an equivalent to the
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| Abbott and Costello's immortal "Who's on
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| | Oscar for the talking books industry. The
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| First?" baseball routine, Jack Benny's
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| | nominees are announced each year in
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| hilarious "Your Money or Your Life?" -
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| | January, and the winners are announced at
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| who can forget these spectacular shows?
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| | a gala banquet in spring, usually in
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| In 1931 the Congress established the
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| | conjunction with BookExpo America.
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| talking-book program, which was intended
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| | The quantity of the audio book
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| to help blind adults who couldn't read
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| | enthusiasts continued to grow. They began
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| print. This program was called "Books for
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| | joining into audio book clubs. By 1997
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| the Adult Blind Project". The American
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| | the Columbia House Audio Book Club had
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| Foundation for the Blind developed first
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| | more than 150,000 members and the Herrik
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| talking books in 1932. One year later the
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| | Company's Audio Book Club in Morristown,
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| first reproduction machine began the
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| | NJ had 215,000 members.
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| process of mass publishing. By 1935,
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| | Invention of CDs added to the convenience
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| after Congress approved free mailings of
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| | and flexibility of listening. But a truly
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| audio books to blind citizens, the Books
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| | new era for audio books began with the
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| for the Adult Blind Project was in full
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| | advent of the Internet, broadband
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| operation. In 1992 the National Library
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| | technologies, new compressed audio
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| Service (NLS) for Blind and Physically
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| | formats and tiny portable MP3 players on
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| Handicapped network circulated millions
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| | flash memory cards and microdrive hard
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| of recorded books to more than 700,000
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| | disks. Now the popularity of audio books
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| handicapped listeners. All NLS recordings
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| | really soared. After many other audio
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| were created by professionals.
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| | book download subscription services began
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| The Disney stories are part of our
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| | to grow as fast as mushrooms. OverDrive
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| children's music culture, and to exclude
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| | and NetLibrary opened their services to
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| it would leave just part of a story told.
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| | local libraries. Now the listeners were
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| The vinyl era of Walt Disney began in
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| | able to effortlessly get any audio book
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| 1934 when RCA/Victor released the first
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| | on line and download it onto their micro
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| gramophone records of Disney soundtracks.
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| | media players. That's where the real fun
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| The series included 'In a Silly
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| | began, and William Swanson's famous words
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| Symphony,' 'Dance of the Bogey Man,'
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| | became as true as never before: 'Audio
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| 'Mickey Mouse and Minnie's in Town,' and
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| | books are one of those happy marriages of
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| 'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?'
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| | art and convenience loved by frenetic
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| In 1965 the Buena Vista soundtrack album
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| | Americans. The idea ... is to enable us
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| of 'Mary Poppins' was a super hit of all
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| | to enjoy books - a traditionally solitary
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| times and spent 14 weeks in the No. 1
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| | and concentration-intensive pastime -
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| position on the Billboard chart setting
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| | while doing something else - mowing the
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| up a company record. The recording won
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| | lawn, cruising the interstate - often in
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| two Grammy Awards, Best Recording for
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| | the company of others.'
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| Children and Best Original Score. The
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| | You can take a look at some illustrations
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| sales exceeded 2 million copies. In 1988
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| | to this article and listen to phonograph
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| the soundtrack of 'Oliver & Company'
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| | and vinyl records sound samples at
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| marked the end of the vinyl era -- it was
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| | At this site you can also find and
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| the last Disney animated feature
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| | download free audio books and read about
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| soundtrack to be released domestically on
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| | best mp3 players for audio books.
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