On today's edition of the NPR program "Day to Day," I'll report on a new type of audiobook — fan-created podcasts. Amateur narrators are voicing classics like Frankenstein, A Little Princess and Treasure Island and making them available to listen online. But bookcasting isn't just for public domain works — some contemporary authors are making their work available for others to voice. They see fan-created audio as a way to reach new reading audiences. Link. (Thanks, Cory!)
Reader comment: Doug Kaye of The Conversations Network says,
Probably the first fan-created book podcast was a weekend project suggested by AKMA (Link) for Larry Lessig's "Free Culture" in March of 2004. See also this link.
