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...
“Talking books”, since their inception, have always had accessibility in mind. But just how much of this carries on in today’s world of audiobook production?Andrew Furlong and Robert De Graauw from Vision Australia sit down with Justine Sloane-Lees to discuss accessibility in the audiobook industry, and give us an insight into Vision Australia’s Talking Books production process - from a breakdown of the innovative DAISY system, to editing, casting and narration.Highlighting the crucial work o...
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...
