Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free
I worked on an audiobook all day yesterday. I don’t think I can talk about the specifics of it, but I’m proud of the word I did.
But I can point out this cool news that Cory Doctorow posted on boingboing yesterday, about an audtiobook that I read for him a couple of years ago:
I released an audio edition of the book in 2014, read by the incomparable Wil Wheaton, who also read the audiobook of my novel Homeland). At the time, I tried to get Neil and Amanda into a studio to record their intros, but we couldn’t get the stars to align.
But good things come to those who wait! Neil Gaiman’s 2016 essay collection The View From the Cheap Seats includes his introduction to my book, and the audiobook edition — which Neil himself read — therefore includes Neil’s reading of this essay.
Thanks to Neil, his agents, and the kind people at Harper Audio, I was able to get permission to include Neil’s reading of his essay for a remastered audio version of the audiobook.
I really like Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free. I learned a lot from it, and it helped me grow as an independent artist and creator. You can get your own DRM-free copy for $15.
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Hi Wil, I really enjoy your audiobook narrations. I tend to be very picky on who I listen to, and I've learned that I like your narrations the best. So far, in my Audible collection I have Ready Player One (my personal favorite), Locked In, and an R.A. Salvatore short story you narrated. I enjoy Doctorow, although I'm a bigger fan of your Scalzi material. Whatever you read though, I'll probably end up giving it a shot.
Cool- not by choice, I have had to turn more to audio books, and I am always looking for passionate, well-spoken narrators. I'll check ya out! Thanks!
