[From Publisher’s Weekly, who gives you three free articles before you have to subscribe, so you should be able to read this without hassle.]
The catalog draws from a broad range of genres, including contemporary romance, science fiction, horror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, and adventure. Among the standout titles are the sci-fi saga The Vela: Part 1, from authors Becky Chambers, SL Huang, Yoon Ha Lee, and Rivers Solomon and narrated by Robin Miles; Machina, penned by Martha Wells, Curtis C. Chen, Malka Older, and Fran Wilde and read by Natalie Naudus; and the thriller Chinook, written by Ashley Quach and narrated by Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran and Love & Basketball star Sanaa Lathan.
On the editorial side, Podium is adapting the titles to fit genre norms, and titles that ran across multiple podcast seasons were split into separate audiobook installments rather than compressed into a single, compendium release. That’s the case for eight series in the lineup, each of which are split into two to four parts. The remaining titles will arrive as standalone audiobooks. Ultimately, 47 individual titles will be produced from the 35 properties.
Brilliant idea. I wonder if anyone has thought of releasing, say, This American Life episodes as audiobooks. Or Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History.
Or forget audiobooks, how about taking transcripts and producing them as ebooks? I’d line up for that.
