[LM_NET] Free YA & Classic Audiobooks Through Sync

[Mary Burkey <mary.burkey@GMAIL.COM>]

Please forgive cross-posting, but a great batch of freebies worth the
read...

Two top titles to download every week - one classic, one YA - to hook
listeners young & not-so-young on the best in audiobooks. Perfect to promote
in school & public libraries and classroom summer reading lists. A feature
to include in displays kicking off June is Audiobook
Month<http://www.audiopub.org/events-jiabm.asp>.
Fantastic vacation family listening. And a simple way to keep kids involved
with great books over the summer break. What a terrific collaboration of the
Audiobook Community <http://www.audiobookcommunity.com/>! Here's the scoop
straight from the Sync
website<http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/info.html>:


• SYNC is an online community that seeks to build the audience for
audiobooks among readers 13 and up.

• Each week, SYNC will give away 2 FREE downloads--a popular Young Adult
title paired with a Classic title that appears on Summer Reading
lists--starting July 1 through September 1, 2010.

• SYNC <http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/info.html> is hosted by Audiobook
Community <http://www.audiobookcommunity.com/>, a new social networking site
for the discovery of audiobooks.

• Listeners can choose to join a conversation about these titles with
authors, narrators, publishers, librarians, and other listeners. (Listeners
are not required to join Audiobook Community to follow the conversation on
SYNC nor to download FREE titles from SYNC.)

How can Schools, Libraries, & Bloggers Participate?
• Tell your patrons, students, and readers about this opportunity.

• Use any of the SYNC tools to lead readers / listeners to the FREE
downloads of great YA and Classic audiobook titles.

• Become a member of Audiobook Community and join the SYNC group within the
community.

• We encourage educators, librarians, and others to create profiles for
their institutions and reading initiatives.

• Be part of discussions about titles, narration, and listen-alikes.

There's an entire toolkit with customizable printable
posters<http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/downloads/Sync_Poster.pdf>,
bookmarks & 
flyers<http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/downloads/Sync_Bookmarks.pdf>,
promo newsletter / website
copy<http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/downloads/Sync_newsletter_text.rtf>,
logo <http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/downloads/Sync_icon_blue.zip>,
Sync image <http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/downloads/Kim.zip>
and website
banner <http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/downloads/AD_120x180.zip>.
Include info on your school or public library website, on summer reading
lists, or classroom newsletters. Or just enjoy the fantastic resources for
your personal listening pleasure. ;-)

Here's the list of titles and download dates:

Available July 1 - July 7
*The Angel 
Experiment*<http://booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=1504007>by
James Patterson
*
Frankenstein <http://tantor.com/BookDetail.asp?Product=0634_Frankenstein>*by
Mary Shelley

Available July 8 - July 14*
Over the End 
Line<http://www.listenandlive.com/product_info.php/cPath/29/products_id/427>
* by Alfred C. Martino
*The Power of 
One*<http://www.bolindalibrary.com/usa/search/results.aspx?/1/8B00AF0B-19A0-4037-AEB8-4EC15ADD222A/1/2/1/1/1/1/1/3/power%20of%20one>by
Bryce Courtenay

Available July 15 - July 21
*Bloody 
Jack*<http://booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2346738>by
L.A. Meyer
*
Treasure 
Island<http://booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2171290>
* by Robert Louis Stevenson

Available July 22 - July 28
*The Looking Glass
Wars*<http://store.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_The+Looking+Glass+Wars_13359_-1_10052_10051>by
Frank Beddor
*Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland*<http://booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2861392>by
Lewis Carroll

Available July 29 - August 4
*The Hunger Games* <http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/hungergames> by Suzanne
Collins

Available August 5 - August 11
*Does My Head Look Big in
This?*<http://booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=1973817>by
Randa Abdel-Fattah
*A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn*<http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Tree-Grows-Brooklyn/?isbn=9780061650499>by
Betty Smith

Available August 12 - August 18
Coming Soon...

Available August 19 - August 25
*Wondrous 
Strange*<http://booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3096625>by
Lesley Livingston
*A Midsummer Night's Dream* by William Shakespeare

Available August 26 - September 1
*Handbook for 
Boys*<http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Handbook-Boys/?isbn=9780060839208>by
Walter Dean Myers
*Oliver 
Twist*<http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/Trade/productdetails.cfm?PC=19797>by
Charles Dickens
Help spread the word - or just download for yourself ;-)
Mary Burkey
Liberty Middle School Librarian
mary.burkey@gmail.com
http://audiobooker.booklistonline.com
Contact Me Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/mary.burkey>Twitter<http://twitter.com/mburkey>

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