[Publib] Re: [yalsa-l] importance of narrators in audio books

[Kathryn McCartney]

Angela Johnson's *The First Part Last* was amazing.  The narrator is
fantastic.  I don't think I would have been as moved as I was hearing it if
I had read it instead.  The narrator of *Just Listen* by Sarah Dessen is not
that great, but it hasn't made me want to stop listening.  Sarah Dessen is a
great author and knowing how great she is has more wieght for me than the
annoying narrator.

Kate

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Mary K Chelton <mchelton at optonline.net>
wrote:

> 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
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