Dublin Radio Station Joins Forces With Audio Book Website To Spread The Word
Released on = February 9, 2007, 6:05 pm
Press Release Author = EMI
Industry = Entertainment
Press Release Summary = Ireland\'s first radio station to feature the best in books, drama, comedy, history, biography in conjunction with audiobook website.
Press Release Body = AudioDigitalBooks.com and Dublin\'s Country Mix 106.8 have signed an agreement this week to provide downloadable audio content on the station\'s website.
AudioDigitalBooks.com has been in talks with the Dublin radio station for a number of weeks as it expands into the growing market for downloadable digital spoken word content, including audiobooks, radio drama, comedy and audio theatre.
AudioDigitalBooks.com will stream hundreds of titles on to the station website. High profile content will include humour such as Blackadder, Dad\'s Army, Dead Ringers.
Dr Who tops the list for the sci-fi genre and dramatisations will include Henry IV and Cider with Rosie. In addition, the complete Patrick O\'Brian series, all of Bernard Cornwell\'s Sharpe, bestselling author Michael Crichton, Children\'s Laureate Michael Morpurgo and ITV\'s Inspector Frost read by David Jason will be among the titles consumers can download.
Jae Taylor the publisher of AudioDigitalBooks.com, said: "Download technology opens up a whole range of exciting benefits for audio book listeners: content is easier to get hold of, easier to carry around and better value for money. We are keen to work with partners to bring these benefits to the consumer for our content and are therefore delighted to have signed this deal with Dublin\'s Country Mix 106.8\"
Sean Ashmore, marketing director with Dublin\'s Country Mix 106.8, added: "We are delighted to be on board with AudioDigitalBooks.com and have worked closely with them to deliver this audiobook content to our listeners. They have made it very easy for us and their service will make it simple for our listeners to buy, download and listen to these quality audiobooks."
AudioDigitalBooks.com was established with the aim of creating the most comprehensive source of spoken content available on the Internet, it is opening up a valuable new revenue channel for publishers and authors, and giving consumers easy and affordable access to both new and classic spoken word material.
Jae Taylor publisher of AudioDigitalBooks.com, said: "The well-used phrase, \'content is king\' could not be truer. We have worked very hard to be in the position to deliver some of the best audio content to market.
"Timeless comedy classics such as Dad\'s Army and Blackadder, classic authors like Emily Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle alongside contemporary work such as Little Britain and League of Gentlemen and Ian McEwan\'s Saturday means, that consumers, have a fantastic range of the highest quality material from which to choose."
The system has been developed to meet the specific needs of spoken word listeners and publishers. It offers a powerful, feature-packed, web-based \'shop\' with the sole purpose of allowing the fast, effective digital downloading of spoken word content and the built-in digital rights management allows for flexible use of the downloaded files while tackling the issue of illegal file sharing. The audio books can be downloaded securely onto personal computers or widely available portable WMA or MP3 players.
"We do not want to be all things to all people. We want to be the best possible site in the specialist area of the spoken word, offering a mutually beneficial partnership with publishers" concluded Mr. Taylor.
For more information or interviews contact: Jae Taylor http://www.audiodigitalbooks.com Email: info@audiodigitalbooks.com Tel: 086 8518337
Web Site = http://www.audiodigitalbooks.com
Contact Details = John Snow Caherdavin Limerick , na $$country