In this episode we are opening a conversation with Dr Millicent Weber about her research into how people engage with books and literary culture: everything from prizes and book reviews, to audience experience at literary festivals, to social media trolling of authors, to amateur production of audiobooks, podcasts, and fan-fiction. This ongoing project is one of the first large-scale academic studies of audiobook publishing and reading. Dr Millicent Weber is an Australian Research Council DECR...
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In this episode we are opening a conversation with Dr Millicent Weber about her research into how people engage with books and literary culture: everything from prizes and book reviews, to audience experience at literary festivals, to social media trolling of authors, to amateur production of audiobooks, podcasts, and fan-fiction. This ongoing project is one of the first large-scale academic studies of audiobook publishing and reading. Dr Millicent Weber is an Australian Research Council DECR...
In this episode, Justine is joined by Australian actor Grant Cartwright all the way from New York City. Together they will be diving into the use of pseudonyms in the audiobook industry. That is, a fictitious name, or alias, used by narrators in the industry. They offer some privacy and protection for a narrator’s real name and allows them to venture into “off-portfolio” or “off-brand” genres, such as erotica and political titles, content that could be perceived as “controversial”. This is mo...
The Audiobook Podcast
In this episode we are opening a conversation with Dr Millicent Weber about her research into how people engage with books and literary culture: everything from prizes and book reviews, to audience experience at literary festivals, to social media trolling of authors, to amateur production of audiobooks, podcasts, and fan-fiction. This ongoing project is one of the first large-scale academic studies of audiobook publishing and reading. Dr Millicent Weber is an Australian Research Council DECR...
