RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, today announced that it has acquired the exclusive audio rights for “Lightlark,” the debut young adult fantasy novel from author and TikTok sensation Alex Aster.

Darcie Little Badger has won a Nebula Award for her Newbery Honor book, A Snake Falls to Earth!  The Andre Norton Nebula Award honors the best middle grade or young adult science fiction or fantasy novel published in the United States in the preceding year. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced…

RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, today announced that its audiobooks represent six of this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists—more than the five major trade audio publishing houses combined. “Covered with Night” by Nicole Eustace won the 2022 Pulitzer for history; “Until Justice Be Done” by Kate Masur was a finalist in the history category; “Monkey Boy” by Francisco Goldman…

You binged season 2 of Bridgerton in one sitting and read all of Julia Quinn’s novels. Now what? It is tough to understate how extraordinary the “Bridgerton Effect” has been for the novels of Julia Quinn. Suffice to say, the #1 streaming series of all time on Netflix is seeing similar success in audio. Where…

Lillie Lainoff’s debut novel One for All is a gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers, in which a girl with a chronic illness trains as a Musketeer and uncovers secrets, sisterhood, and self-love. Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but…

Ear And Now – A Look (and Listen) At Binaural Sounds Binaural recording is a method of recording which allows for immersive ‘3D audio’ to be produced. Binaural audio itself has quite a long history, but with the more recent proliferation of mobile devices which allow us to listen to audiobooks on the go, we…

The New England Patriots may not be playing in the Super Bowl game this Sunday, but we can’t deny some self-evident facts: Tom Brady is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time; Bill Belichick is one of the greatest coaches of all time; and the Patriots Dynasty is unlike anything we have ever witnessed…

The Audio Publisher’s Association has announced the finalists for the 2022 Audie Awards, which recognize the best audiobooks released in 2021. Among this year’s finalists are four RBmedia audiobook titles!   NON-FICTION The Menopause Manifesto Written by Dr. Jen Gunter Narrated by the author Frank and funny, Dr. Jen Gunter debunks misogynistic attitudes and challenges…

Go behind-the-audio in this eight-part Q&A video series with Beth Lapides, author and narrator of Recorded Books Original So You Need to Decide.   Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as the “godmother of alternative comedy,” Beth Lapides, creator of LA’s long-running UnCabaret, delivers a funny and heartfelt meditation on the power of decisions, the…