Fundraiser in honor of Audiobook Producer Needs Listener's input please!

[Karen]

(John, please let me know if there's a better place for this thread)

Audiobook Fans:
I have a request for you all. A dear friend and colleague, beloved in the audiobook production community, is battling ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease). His name is Bob Deyan, and while you may not have heard of him, his company Deyan Audio has probably produced at least one if not dozens of the books that you’ve listened to. Their production facility is in Los Angeles, where they cast, record, do research for, edit and master audiobooks for all the major publishers. Here’s their website:
http://deyanaudio.com/credits.html

In support of his battle, and to help him raise money to research ALS treatment (which, sadly, will likely not help him personally), a group of narrators are organizing a fundraiser, in two parts. One is a live 24-hour read-a-thon in Los Angeles, the other is an online auction of unique audiobook-related items. Both will take place the first week of November.

In order to make the auction a success, we’re looking for input. What sort of items would you, as serious audiobook fans, bid on? We will take any and all ideas and do our best to find or create or convince someone to commit to such items.

For instance, would you be interested in:
o audiobook collections/series (what are your favorites?)
o autographed audiobooks
o Narrators of note (who is this to you?) recording your voicemail greeting personalizing a story for you/other suggestions?
and/or any other items?

I will pass on more specifics as I get them, but we really appreciate your input at this stage.

[MissSusie]

Audio collections either series or all from a certain narrator.

I think and voicemail greeting would be really neat too!

[Karen]

MissSusie wrote: "Audio collections either series or all from a certain narrator.

I think and voicemail greeting would be really neat too!"
Thanks Susie - let me know if you or others have specific series or narrators you'd like to see...

[Janice]

ALS is a horrible disease. I have a friend whose husband is also battling it.

I like all your suggestions. What I wouldn't give to have Alan Rickman recording my voicemail greeting! YUM! I'm sure any of the narrators listed in the voice crush thread would be candidates.

What about collections based on favorite narrators that may or may not be a series?

[Karen]

What about collections based on favorite narrators that may or may not be a series?

That's a great idea, Janice, thanks.

[Karen]

Hello all,
Here with an update on the fundraiser for Bob Deyan:

There is online auction at
www.32auctions.com/audiobooks
New items added every day, and there are all sorts of things to bid on (not just audiobooks!).

And, if you are in Los Angeles, come to the Audiobook Marathon LIVE! on Nov 9-10th.
www.audiobooks.brownpapertickets.com
If you buy a ticket and attend, you will receive a free download on Audible.com! So, you are actually MAKING money on your ticket purchase! All different genres will be presented during the 25 hour marathon, so choose your favorite and come hear some great books!

Enjoy! And please pass this along if you know anyone who might be interested!

There is also a way to donate directly at http://bit.ly/19RSlXP

Thanks!!

[Chrizette]

Hi, I am outside of the US.

Are the audio books on auction downloadable or only for postage in the US?

[[deleted user]]

I am definitely in favour of the idea of selected works by a single narrator.

[Karen]

Chrizette wrote: "Hi, I am outside of the US.

Are the audio books on auction downloadable or only for postage in the US?"
Great question. I will pass that on and hopefully they will post ASAP (probably differs item to item).

[Karen]

Jennifer (Goodreads lies, cheats and steals) wrote: "I am definitely in favour of the idea of selected works by a single narrator."

Any ones in particular?

[[deleted user]]

I appreciate so many different narrators for reasons that are unique to those individuals. I'm sorry I can't be more specific :(

[Karen]

Jennifer (Goodreads lies, cheats and steals) wrote: "I appreciate so many different narrators for reasons that are unique to those individuals. I'm sorry I can't be more specific :("

No problem, I would just ask specific narrators to donate.

Chrizette, sadly, I just got word that the auction is US only. so sorry!

[Dee]

I loved the complete in death set - if I didn't own them already

[[deleted user]]

Too bad - I'm Canadian.

[Janice]

There are some great items in the auction. I'm Canadian too and won't be able to bid.

[Chrizette]

Ahhh, that is sad. I wanted to post on my blog as I have some audio lover followers.

Good luck with the auction! Hope it is a great success.