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  4 eBooks For Indie Rock Musicians

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• Ambling Books Releases List Of Free Audio Books

  2215 readers(via PR Newswire) Download image SALEM, Utah, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Audiobook listeners are rediscovering classic novels through free audio books online. (Photo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121203/PH22663-INFO) The number of audiobook listeners has increased exponentially in the last few years. Prior… Related Posts :Ambling Books Releases List Of F*r*e*e Audio Books (via PR Newswire) SALEM, Utah, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Audiobook

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  Booktrack adds soundtracks to e-books…but does anyone really want them?

  1436 readersWhen you’re reading an e-book, have you ever caught yourself wishing it had a better soundtrack? Or, for that matter, a soundtrack at all? Start-up company Booktrack seems to think that all the problems with people not wanting to read anymore can be fixed by adding ambient music and sound effects to e-books. The books include

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  Open Road eBook ‘Gift’ Will Include Music, Graphics & Triggers

  1310 readersOpen Road Integrated Media has signed a deal to publish a new interactive young adult eBook from author Andrea J. Buchanan that incorporates a number of multimedia capabilities. Titled, Gift, the new work of paranormal fiction from the author of The Daring Book For Girls has a soundtrack, videos, and even triggered events, aka

• Music journalist Michael Azerrad lets the musicians do the talking on the newly launched website ‘The Talkhouse’

  Array readersMost websites that talk about the media are, of course, written by journalists, a bit of narcissism that I suppose can not be helped. But in the world of music – both online and print – the voices one hears most often is that of the journalist, not the musician. Music journalist Michael Azerrad is

• Roland UK Ltd.: Hitting the right notes

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  Multimedia ebooks and the marriage of music and words, by John David Balla

  2247 readers With the release of the multimedia eBook version of Stephen Smokeís Cathedral of the Senses, the possibility of including a soundtrack inside a novel is now a reality. Book and music publishers can now creatively repurpose existing assets at a fraction of the cost of creating new ones, while providing opportunities for tapping into fresh

• Cathedral Publishing Lets Authors Sell Songs In eBooks

  935 readers Whether or not eBooks should have soundtracks is controversial, at least among eBookNewser readers. But for those that like the idea, Cathedral Publishing, a company that makes multimedia publishing tools, has a new application available that lets authors sell songs from within an eBook. The tool called “Book IS the Store,” is intended for self-published

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  Stephen King eBook Features Soundtrack by John Mellencamp & T Bone Burnett

  560 readersStephen King has teamed up with musicians John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett for a new supernatural digital book musical called Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. The multimedia gothic story, which comes out on June 3rd from Hear Music/Concord Music Group, will take the form of an illustrated digital book that was created specifically for Apple’s iBooks. The work