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Free books for summer! SYNC shares 2 YA audiobooks each week
Get out your earbuds.
It’s not quite ready for primetime, but you are definitely going to want to share SYNC with your students and teachers and parents before they all leave for summer break. Consider sticking this all over your website and blog too.
Seeking to build the audience (13 and older) for audiobooks, the online community plans to give away two free audio downloads each week:
a popular Young Adult title paired with a Classic title that appears on Summer Reading lists–starting July 1 through September 1, 2010.
The download schedule for Summer:
- The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Available July 8 – July 14
- Over the End Line by Alfred C. Martino
- The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Available July 15 – July 21
- Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Available July 22 – July 28
- The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Available July 29 – August 4
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Available August 5 – August 11
- Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Available August 12 – August 18
- Coming Soon…
Available August 19 – August 25
- Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Available August 26 – September 1
- Handbook for Boys by Walter Dean Myers
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
SYNC is hosted by Audiobook Community Ning, a new social networking site for the discovery of audiobooks. Young listeners are welcome to take part in the optional book-related networking opportunities which will include authors, narrators, publishers, librarians, and other listeners.
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Librarians and educators are invited to spread the word and join the community, to create profiles for their institutions and reading initiatives, and to be part of discussions about titles, narration, and listen-alikes.
Some tools for sharing:
- Download Poster
- Download Bookmark/Flyer
- Download Newsletter/Web Copy
- Download Image
- Download Logo
- Download Web Banner (120 x180 Pixels)
- Download Web Banner (300 x 250 Pixels)
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About Joyce Valenza
Joyce is an Assistant Professor of Teaching at Rutgers University School of Information and Communication, a technology writer, speaker, blogger and learner. Follow her on Twitter: @joycevalenza
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