Audio books continue to be a solid market and with the growth of the internet, so grows the demand for audio books. Read and listen on the NPR website’s Xeni Tech.

-Tracy Pattin

Here’s an excerpt:

By Xeni Jardin

“Literature fans looking for something beyond Oprah Winfrey’s book club are discovering a new kind of club on the Internet — Web sites that offer audio versions of books, voiced by fans instead of professional voice actors.

Like many other Web-based phenomena, the popularity of the amateur audiobooks has led to an odd type of fame for some of the people behind those voices.” Read more…