New York, NY May 19, 2008: Recognizing the significant and growing
impact of books in audio format, the Association of American
Publishers today announced the launch of a new audiobook extension
to its highly successful Get Caught Reading™ public awareness
reading campaign. “Get Caught Listening”™, the trade
association’s newest public awareness initiative, extols the
particular pleasures of listening to books in audiobook format. The
campaign will be celebrated during audiobook events at Book Expo
America 2008 in Los Angeles, and lead into National Audiobooks Month
in June...
Authors who have endorsed the campaign and have committed
to providing either voiceovers, photographs, or
video include:
Valerie Bertinelli,
author of Losing It: And Gaining My Life
Back One Pound at a Time, from Simon & Schuster
L.L. Cool J,
author of Platinum Workout, from Rodale
Chelsea Handler,
author of Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea,from Simon &
Schuster
Jackie Collins,
bestselling author of Married Lovers, from Macmillan Audio
Pearl Cleage,
bestselling author of Seen It All and Done the Rest, from BBC
Audiobooks America
Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home
Companion and author/narrator
of Pontoon, High Bridge Audio (voiceover forthcoming)
Frank McCourt,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela’s Ashes, for Simon &
Schuster
Brad Meltzer,
author of the forthcoming The Book of Lies from Hachette Audio,
Hachette Book Group USA
Lisa Scottoline,
author of 14 novels including Daddy’s Girl and Dirty Blonde from
HarperCollins
Marci Shimoff,
secret teacher and author of Happy for No Reason, from Simon &
Schuster
And licensed character “Horton” of the
Dr. Seuss series Horton Hears a Who and Other Sounds of Dr. Seuss,
from Random House
Video
or audio recordings of the authors recording their voiceovers will also
air on the AAP’s Get Caught Reading web site, which will have a placemark for the AAP’s Get Caught Listening program at
www.getcaughtreading.org/listening.
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