[Publib] importance of narrators in audio books

[Mary Soucie]

Mary K,
My favorite is Jim Dale's reading of the Harry Potter books. My
sis-in-law told me a few years ago that she used to think my brother was
a hero for staying awake and doing the whole drive to N. Dakota from
Wisconsin until she stayed up with him one night to listen to the
current HP book and realized he wasn't the hero- Jim Dale was. :-)
 
Mary J. Soucie, MLIS
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Wilmington Public Library District
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Subject: [Publib] importance of narrators in audio books


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
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