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Yes, Virginia, Audiobooks Get Banned, Too...
If you think audiobooks have not had a struggle of their own, think again...
If you think audiobooks have not had a struggle of their own, think again. Here's an anecdote from publisher Beth Baxter of B & B Audio, Inc:"Once a printer I was using called to say they were sending back an entire job of 6 book covers to us. They told me they were a 'Christian company' and did not wish to do business with 'companies like ours.' I had no idea what he was referring to until he said, 'companies that publish dirty books like Lady Chatterley's Lover'. We had to find another printer."
Here's a partial list of BANNED BOOKS NOW ON AUDIO:
Title: A Wrinkle in Time
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Narrator: Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher: Listening Library
Title: On My Honor
Author: Marion Dane Bauer
Publisher: Books On Tape
Title: Grendel
Author: John Champlin Gardner
Publisher: Recorded Books
Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Narrator: Garrick Hagon
Publisher: Naxos of America, Inc.
Title: The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
Narrator: Julie Christie
Publisher: Dh Audio
Title: How to Eat Fried Worms
Author: Thomas Rockwell
Narrator: Jay O. Sanders
Publisher: Listening Library
Title: A Day No Pigs Would Die
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Narrator: Terry Bregy
Publisher: Audio Bookshelf
Title: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Author: Judy Blume
Narrator: Laura Hamilton
Publisher: Listening Library
Title: The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Narrator: Ron Rifkin
Publisher: Listening Library
Title: Crazy Lady
Author: Jane Leslie Conly
Narrator: Ed Begley, Jr.
Publisher: Listening Library
Title: Harry Potter Series
Author: J.K. Rowling
Narrator: Jim Dale
Publisher: Listening Library
Title: The Chocolate War
Author: Robert Cormier
Narrator: Frank Muller
Publisher: Listening Library
Title: Lord of the Flies
Author: William Golding
Narrator: William Golding
Title: The Outsiders
Author: S.E Hinton
Narrator: Jum Fyfe
Publisher: Listening Library
Title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Author: Maya Angelou
Narrator: Maya Angelou
Publisher: Random House Audio
Title: A Separate Peace
Author: John Knowles
Publisher: Listening Library
Title: Slaughterhouse-Five
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Narrator: Jose Ferrer
Publisher: Dh Audio
Title: My Brother Sam Is Dead
Author: James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Narrator: John C. Brown
Publisher: Audio Bookshelf
Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Narrator: Patrick Fraley
Publisher: The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
Title: Brave New World
Author: Aldous Huxley
Narrator: Michael York
Publisher: The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
Title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
Narrator: Patrick Fraley
Publisher: The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Narrator: Roses Prichard
Publisher: The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
To learn more about the audiobook publishing community, visit the Audio Publishers Association website.