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AudioFile (magazine)

Magazine that focuses on audiobooks

Field	Value
title	AudioFile
image_file	Audiofile December 2018-January 2019 cover.jpg
editor	Robin F. Whitten
category	Literary magazine
frequency	Bimonthly
publisher	AudioFile Publications, Inc.
founded
language	English
issn	1063-0244
country	United States
based	Portland, Maine
website	AudioFile

AudioFile is a print and online magazine whose mission is to review "unabridged and abridged audiobooks, original audio programs, commentary, and dramatizations in the spoken-word format. The focus of reviews is the audio presentation, not the critique of the written material." AudioFile is published six times a year in Portland, Maine.

Launch

The publication was launched in 1992 as a 12-page black & white newsletter containing about 50 critical reviews of audiobooks, focused on new releases. In 1997, it switched to a 36-page color magazine format containing about 60 reviews per issue and interviews with authors, readers, and publishers.

Online

In 2000, AudioFile launched an online database of past issues. Current issues were offered online beginning in 2001.

Earphones Awards

AudioFile bestows Earphones Awards to presentations which are deemed to excel in the following criteria:

Narrative voice and style
Vocal characterizations
Appropriateness for the audio format
Enhancement of the text

SYNC Audiobooks for Teens

AudioFile sponsors the SYNC Audiobooks for Teens, a "free summer program for teens 13+." The program provides subscribers with two free and complete audiobook downloads paired thematically each week during its summer season. The season varies in length from 10 to 16 weeks. The audiobook files are delivered via the OverDrive Media Console.

References

"About: AudioFile's Mission".
"About".
"Book Review Magazines". Book Market.
Katz, Bill. (November 15, 1992). "Magazines". Library Journal.
Bryant, Eric. (February 15, 1997). "AudioFile". [[Library Journal]].
Rosenblum, Trudi M.. (April 3, 2000). "Audio bits". Publishers Weekly.
(Jun 2001). "AudioFile". School Library Journal.
"June 2020 Earphones Award Winners".
"What is SYNC?".

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