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[Antonella]

Jordan wrote: "Oooh, I think I have this in print. Haven't read it yet though."

I've got The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key and Red Harvest, and I've read them, but some 20 years ago, so it is almost like I haven't...

[Ame]

I'm starting my favorite Will&Taylor's book.... in Paris.... I love little bit of angst (or a lot) if only I get my HEA as well ;)

[Susinok]

Becky wrote: "Listening to audiobook of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Oh my, the dialogue! I'd sell my soul to write dialogue that well. :D"

I have to get my hands on that one! I love the movies and have never read the books.

[Becky]

Susinok wrote: "Becky wrote: "Listening to audiobook of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Oh my, the dialogue! I'd sell my soul to write dialogue that well. :D"

I have to get my hands o..."

This is the one I got from Audible.
http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Crime-Thr...

There are several others, mostly full cast audio adaptations, if you prefer those. But this one is a normal audiobook, just the narrator. And he does the voices really well.

[Becky]

Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Oooh, I think I have this in print. Haven't read it yet though."

I've got The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key and Red Harvest, and I've read the..."

I'm reading a bunch of noir and detective stories just now - for reasons. :D For some reason The Thin Man isn't on Kindle, and I was looking for a paperback and then thought - let's just check Audible...

[Jordan]

Oooh, thanks for the rec on The Thin Man. I just added that to my wish list. I'm more likely to listen to the audio at this point than find the time to read it what with all the other books I'm piling onto my coffee table!

[Alison]

Susinok wrote: "Becky wrote: "Listening to audiobook of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Oh my, the dialogue! I'd sell my soul to write dialogue that well. :D"

I have to get my hands o..."

I really enjoyed the book, but I had a hard time separating it from the movie, and I think they're quite different in feel. I might suggest trying not to think about the film when you read the book, if that's even possible. I absolutely adore the movie and I found it really influenced my reading of the book.

[HJ]

Alison wrote: "Susinok wrote: "Becky wrote: "Listening to audiobook of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. ...

I really enjoyed the book, but I had a hard time separating it from the movie, and I think they're quite different in feel. I might suggest trying not to think about the film when you read the book, if that's even possible. I absolutely adore the movie and I found it really influenced my reading of the book. ..."

Fortunately I can't really remember the film, so should be able to keep the separation. Thank you for reminding me about good old D Hammett - I think he'll work really well in audio and look forward to getting some and listening to them.

[Idamus]

I just found out that Judith Tarr's Hound and Falcon series has been made into audiobooks, just bought book 1 in a whispersync deal, so now I'm listening to this https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

I've loved this series for close to 30 years :D

[Justacat]

Idamus wrote: "I just found out that Judith Tarr's Hound and Falcon series has been made into audiobooks, just bought book 1 in a whispersync deal, so now I'm listening to this https://www.goodreads.com/book/show..."

How are you liking it - how is the narrator? I love this series too (and always felt the protagonist's struggle is - and possibly is intended to be - an analogue of the conflicts of a devout Catholic gay person, but that's another matter!), but there are no Audible reviews, and I'd only want to listen if I could feel confident the narration does justice to it...

[Idamus]

Justacat wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I just found out that Judith Tarr's Hound and Falcon series has been made into audiobooks, just bought book 1 in a whispersync deal, so now I'm listening to this https://www.goodread..."


He's doing a good job, he's not doing a lot of voices, but you can still clearly hear when a new person talks
Maybe try the sample?

Oh, and for some odd reason only books 1 and 3 are available as a whispersync deal

[Justacat]

Idamus wrote: "Justacat wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I just found out that Judith Tarr's Hound and Falcon series has been made into audiobooks, just bought book 1 in a whispersync deal, so now I'm listening to this htt..."

Thanks, maybe I'll do that (try the sample I mean).

And though I have no personal experience of it, apparently having only 2 out of 3 of a series available as Whispersync is typical for Amazon - there's a discussion of that very phenomenon going on in the Audible/Audiobook GR group.

[Idamus]

Justacat wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Justacat wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I just found out that Judith Tarr's Hound and Falcon series has been made into audiobooks, just bought book 1 in a whispersync deal, so now I'm listen..."

That doesn't surprise me, Amazon is weird, I got the ebooks, the cheap audios was a nice bonus, I'll get the 3rd if it goes into the deal and not if it doesn't

[Jordan]

I don't recall seeing the film for The Thin Man, so that shouldn't be a problem.

I LOVED Judith Tarr's His Majesty's Elephant, enough to get it special ordered when I was in college. But I never got to read any of her other works, so I should check these out!

[Idamus]

Jordan wrote: "I don't recall seeing the film for The Thin Man, so that shouldn't be a problem.

I LOVED Judith Tarr's His Majesty's Elephant, enough to get it special ordered when I was in college. But I never ..."

I've read this and the Alamut series, I prefer this one, even though it's the same 'verse, just different MCs

[Karen]

I'm listening to the Audible version of John Tristan's The Adorned, while I read along. I'd started the book last summer and for some reason(s) set it aside, distracted by other reading I suppose. Also, this is a longer book, and I'm not so much in the mood for that these days.

I bought the audiobook last October. It was a Whispersync deal. I have the impression that these are something of a financial wash/loss to authors, while a great deal for readers. So I can't blame authors if they are able to opt out and choose to do so. I've never used the Whispersync feature; my purchase was prompted by the discount. I will say that the voice of this particular narrator appeals to me a lot, and in light of that I'm enjoying the book more (it is beautiful writing) and likely to purchase more of Tristan's work. So maybe Whispersync can be beneficial to writers, although not necessarily in the way that was intended. : )

One caveat, for some reason there is a different narrator — or the same using his American voice? — reading the chapter headings. It's very odd and somewhat off-putting, as it sounds almost synthetic (like a male early prototype for Siri), especially in contrast to the story narrator's rich "British" voice. What a strange production choice.

[Karen]

I just checked and "Shannon Gunn" (narrator of The Adorned) also does L.B. Gregg's Smithfield books. Interesting.

[Susinok]

Alison wrote: "I really enjoyed the book, but I had a hard time separating it from the movie, and I think they're quite different in feel. I might suggest trying not to think about the film when you read the book, if that's even possible. I absolutely adore the movie and I found it really influenced my reading of the book.
..."

That'll be easy enough since I have not seen it in so long I've forgotten most of it other than Jimmy Stewart ended up being the bad guy.

[Susinok]

I'm listening to a funny guilty pleasure, Shelly Laurentson's The Mane Squeeze. The narrator has a soft Southern accent when she's reading narration but her voices have the Philly accents and New York accents. Makes it very easy to tell people apart, heh.

This series is over the top silly shifter m/f erotica. Soooo hilarious. Over The Top!

[Susan]

Susinok wrote: "...I've forgotten most of it other than Jimmy Stewart ended up being the bad guy."

Susinok, I believe you are thinking of the sequel to The Thin Man, After the Thin Man. It was in this second film that James Stewart was the murderer. :)

[Susinok]

Susan wrote: "Susinok, I believe you are thinking of the sequel to The Thin Man, After the Thin Man. It was in this second film that James Stewart was the murderer. :) ."

Susinok, I believe you are thinking of the sequel to The Thin Man, After the Thin Man. It was in ..."

Ok. I may have been confused because it was the first Thin Man movie I ever saw. I remember staying up to watch it with mom. We were both shocked that Stewart had been cast as a bad guy.

[Idamus]

Justacat wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Justacat wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I just found out that Judith Tarr's Hound and Falcon series has been made into audiobooks, just bought book 1 in a whispersync deal, so now I'm listen..."

I just checked another series in my wishlist, that one has all 3 books ready for whispersync
(Trudi Canavan's Black Magician series)

[HJ]

Karen wrote: "I just checked and "Shannon Gunn" (narrator of The Adorned) also does L.B. Gregg's Smithfield books. Interesting."

He definitely sounds like a born American for those books.

[Josh]

KC wrote: "Josh wrote: "I think it's some deal between ACX/Audible and the publisher. Same thing with Carina. The books are farmed out and you're not getting any real quality control. It's hit or miss, and wh..."

Yes! I love that narrator. But I just couldn't get past the first chapter. Honestly. It made me crazy to hear the name mispronounced.

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "Another legend gone: Pete Seeger died aged 94.

To remember him 'This Land Is Your Land' sung with Bruce Springsteen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5KnYA...

Articles everywhere:

http://www.t..."

:-(

[Josh]

Hj wrote: "Josh wrote: "I'm right on the cusp of having sold ten thousand audio books since I began commissioning them. I should hit 10K this month. That's just incredible given the market when I first began ..."

I would like to think so! I know I am responsible for a number of our publishers seeing the financial possibilities. :-D

[Josh]

thelastaerie wrote: "Josh wrote: "I'm right on the cusp of having sold ten thousand audio books since I began commissioning them. I should hit 10K this month. That's just incredible given the market when I first began ..."

Occasionally. Not many, but there have been some.

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "Anne wrote: "I'll just join the line of congratulations, well deserved."

Me too. Sometimes repetitions are ok ;-)."

Well, it was an expensive gamble, so it's nice to see it's appreciated. I earned slightly more than I invested in audio last year, so I did make a profit -- and I hope that profit continues to grow through the years.

[Josh]

Hj wrote: "I've had an alert from Audible that they've introduced a new feature for their most popular series, called Series View. This adds a link to the description of each book which is part of a series s..."

This is my problem with Audible. They really do lean toward traditional publishing. That's what they promote. For example, I've received nothing related to series or categorizing titles as series titles. In fact, half the time they have the wrong editions attached to the audio books. It's definitely a work in progress.

[Josh]

Ame wrote: "I'm listening to Armed and Dangerous. I have to say that between Will&Taylor's and Ty&Zane's experience I'm not sure I'll ever dare to go camping in USA."

Good Lord. I didn't realize Abi had Ty and Zane go camping too! Road trips, camping...I'm very glad I don't read her work because the comparisons are irritating enough already.

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Another legend gone: Pete Seeger died aged 94.

To remember him 'This Land Is Your Land' sung with Bruce Springsteen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5KnYA...

Articles everywh..."

I didn't realize that either! Now there was an icon.

[Josh]

Becky wrote: "Listening to audiobook of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Oh my, the dialogue! I'd sell my soul to write dialogue that well. :D"

There is so much of The Thin Man to love! Certainly enough to get three fantastic movies out of it. (Although the movies from #3 onward do deteriorate considerably).

[Susinok]

I've been camping for years and years, Ame, and have never had a bad experience. I did see three black bears once, but they were in the far distance.

On one hand I miss camping, being outdoors in really beautiful surroundings. On the other, sleeping in a comfy bead, waking up to a hot shower and coffee sounds SO much better at my age... ;)

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "Becky wrote: "Listening to audiobook of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Oh my, the dialogue! I'd sell my soul to write dialogue that well. :D"

I have to get my hands o..."

Well, there's only the one book, and it is seriously flawed. BUT what is good about that book is so brilliant it inspired a series of films that inspired a generation of writers! The TM films are directly responsible for the popularity of married sleuths in fiction.

Those films were what the Pam and Jerry North books aspired to.

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "Alison wrote: "I really enjoyed the book, but I had a hard time separating it from the movie, and I think they're quite different in feel. I might suggest trying not to think about the film when yo..."

That's film #2 -- and what a shocker!!! :-D

[Susinok]

Josh wrote: "Well, there's only the one book, and it is seriously flawed. BUT what is good about that book is so brilliant it inspired a series of films that inspired a generation of writers! The TM films are directly responsible for the popularity of married sleuths in fiction...."

I didn't know that! That's interesting! I really loved the films. They sure drank a lot, though...

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "Josh wrote: "Well, there's only the one book, and it is seriously flawed. BUT what is good about that book is so brilliant it inspired a series of films that inspired a generation of writers! The T..."

LOL. Yes. Yes, they did! :-D

[Murphy]

I really enjoyed the movies and found a guy who actually had copies of the old Thin Man TV series which I loved.

[Josh]

Murphy wrote: "I really enjoyed the movies and found a guy who actually had copies of the old Thin Man TV series which I loved."

I've seen a couple of those! Very fun.

[Murphy]

Josh wrote: "Hj wrote: "I've had an alert from Audible that they've introduced a new feature for their most popular series, called Series View. This adds a link to the description of each book which is part of..."

I found a new place for me that is a series type database. It is called FictFact.com and it is really good. They don't have all of the m/m series but if you request them they add them. They do have all of Josh's work. They will also tell if there is a new book coming out.

[Susinok]

Murphy wrote: "I found a new place for me that is a series type database. It is called FictFact.com and it is really good. They don't have all of the m/m series but if you request them they add them. They do have all of Josh's work. They will also tell if there is a new book coming out. ..."

I use FictFact to keep track of series. It's very hand once you have your favorite series set up in it. Then if you have not read an author for a while, you can check where you left off. I really like the upcoming calendar release calendar. It's not just romance or m/m or any one thing. It's all series books coming out at a certain date (provided the series is in the database).

[Murphy]

You are probably the reason they have had all of Josh's books. I requested JB Sanders and Stephen E. Stanley. They are out there now. JB Sanders says he has modeled his writing after how Josh runs his business and loves his work. Way to go Josh.

[Eve]

Anyone using iTunes for audiobooks? I searched Josh Lanyon audiobooks today but only Kick Start turned up?!? I have both UK and US iTunes account, but both search result came out only with Kick Start...

Would anyone mind doing a search on your iTunes? Or I would have to reinstall or register... I'm hoping I don't have to rely on Audible.

[Idamus]

thelastaerie wrote: "Anyone using iTunes for audiobooks? I searched Josh Lanyon audiobooks today but only Kick Start turned up?!? I have both UK and US iTunes account, but both search result came out only with Kick St..."

I only get Kick Start as audiobook too

[Eve]

Idamus wrote: "I only get Kick Start as audiobook too ..."

Thanks for checking. I hope it's just iTunes acting up...

[HJ]

Murphy wrote: "I found a new place for me that is a series type database. It is called FictFact.com and it is really good. They don't have all of the m/m series but if you request them they add them. They do have all of Josh's work. They will also tell if there is a new book coming out. ..."

I couldn't remember what this super useful website was called when I changed computers! I agree, it's excellent. And they're very receptive to suggestions and input, and respond quickly to requests for authors to be added etc. (It may be me who asked for Josh to be added - I can't remember now.)

I'm off to see if I can remember how to log in...

[HJ]

thelastaerie wrote: "Anyone using iTunes for audiobooks? I searched Josh Lanyon audiobooks today but only Kick Start turned up?!? I have both UK and US iTunes account, but both search result came out only with Kick St..."

I just checked (I'm in the UK) and the only audiobook of Josh's which I can see is Kick Start.

[Mtsnow13]

Has anyone seen the $4.95 special going on on Audible until Feb. 19th? There are some interesting 'firsts' in there...
http://www.audible.com/mt/495FIAS_Feb...

[Mtsnow13]

And yes, it's strange. I only see Kick Start as well under his audiobooks on iTunes. Yet I see some Dreamspinner new ones on iTunes?? Including both Rhys Ford's new ones....

[Karen]

Mtsnow13 wrote: "Has anyone seen the $4.95 special going on on Audible until Feb. 19th? There are some interesting 'firsts' in there...
http://www.audible.com/mt/495FIAS_Feb......"

What titles do you recommend or which caught your eye? The list was very long...