[Publib] importance of narrators in audio books

[Mary K Chelton]

I am still collecting opinions, anecdotes, etc. for either background  
or use in my PLA preconference presentation on "Audio Book Narrators  
as an Independent Appeal Factor." The idea is that, over and above  
genre, pace, characterization, mood, etc., the narrator can make or  
break somebody's desire to read/listen to a book all by him/herself.  
An example is my love for Michael Connelly's books where any desire to  
listen to them was killed when I discovered the rights had been sold  
to somebody using a narrator other than Dick Hill. In that instance, I  
returned to text; in others, I've given up.

Thanks in advance,

Mary K.


Mary K Chelton
Professor
GSLIS/Queens College
CUNY
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
(718) 997-3790,3667



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