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Books Aloud - Post Hypnotic Press Audiobooks
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An indie audiobook company that offers both publishing & production services. We've added print services, too. Check out our eclectic catalogue of fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, & more. Looking for audiobook services, get in touch. www.posthypnoticpress.com
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Or, buy it directly from us.

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Photograph of the author, Professor George Yancy, in front of a bookshelf.
December 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Or, buy it directly from us. We're experimenting with Soundwise. Let us know if you like it.

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Photo of author David Roediger in front of a bookshelf. Photo of narrator Patrick Lawlor in front of a path with trees on other side.
December 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Peter Wilken, author of Dim Sum Strategy & 10 Commandments, often mentions Cirque du Soleil as an example of a business that "owns a territory" in people's minds. They are an excellent example of this, but what I'm reminded of is my time at EXPO '86. I was fortunate

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Covers: Peter Wilken's "Dim Sum Strategy: Bite-Sized Tools to Build Stronger Brands," which is a light blue with a fingerprint that looks like it is being picked up by a chopsticks, and "The 10 Commandments to Build a Strong Brand (and Steer Your Ship)," which depicts a sailing ship on a deep blue ocean, with the horizon a lighter blue in the distance.
December 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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was subtly fostered as early as the late 1800s. An infamous example was the Phoebus Cartel, a 1920s-1930s international agreement among major light bulb manufacturers, who plotted together to reduce the lifespan of lightbulbs by over 50% to ensure more sales.

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Cover of Gile Slades's "Made to Break: Technology: Technology and Obsolescence in America" (audiobook). The cover image is stacks of old computers, now waste.
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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What goes into producing one finished hour of audio? Generally, for straightforward nonfiction, from 6 to 10 hours of work by a team of people. For fiction? More like 10 to 12 hours for one hour without any bells and whistles. Adding a soundscape and music adds hours of work.
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Picture of an iceberg with the heading, "How are audiobooks like an iceberg?" Beside the part of the iceberg visible above the water is the caption "what you hear." Beside the part of the iceberg below water is a caption that reads "what went into production.
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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It's not just common sense; it is environmentally responsible. It's bad enough that everything we buy has built-in obsolescence, forcing us to replace items every 1 to 5 years. Even houses are not built to last. The result of 100 years of planned obsolescence.

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Cover of Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America by Giles Slade, narrated by Michael Puttonen.
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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the Book" (Scribner's Magazine, 1894):

"Men of letters will not be called Writers in the time soon to be, but rather, Narrators. Little by little the taste for style and for pompously decorated phrases will die away, but the art of utterance will take on ..."

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Illustration by Albert Robida, 1894. This far-sighted drawing depicts a man in a walking suit with a small listening device hanging around his neck, equipped with 'ear tubes' for listening on the go. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_End_of_Books
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I agree with you about people not reading, but it's not "the younger ones."

"The 45-54 age group has the highest number of non-readers: 60.9%."

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As for whether audiobooks count as reading, research shows that they do.

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November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Download The Enablers either through our website or try purchasing it through our Soundwise listings. Soundwise makes it easy for you to purchase & listen to audiobooks. So far, it's one of the easier solutions we've found for direct sales.

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Cover art for "The Enablers: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption - Endangering Our Democracy," by Frank Vogl, read by Chris MacDonnell. Available on Audible, or purchase from the audiobook publisher through Soundwise.
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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This edition includes a new intro by poet Bernard O'Donahue and 11 original colour images by Gráinne Fordham. I work on this when time permits.

It occurred to me recently that, as I have to print the entire book in colour, anyway, why not use colour throughout?

But is this too much?

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Sample page from "The Solitary Fairies" in "Irish Folk and Fairy Tales," W. B. Yeats - upcoming publication from Post Hypnotic Press Inc. Sample page from "The Solitary Fairies" in "Irish Folk and Fairy Tales," W. B. Yeats - upcoming publication from Post Hypnotic Press Inc.
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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I'm looking for advice. I've been working on a project: print/ebook editions of a book that combines both of W.B. Yeats' Irish fairy tale compilations. This will accompany our audiobook version read by Gerard Doyle.

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Cover of "Irish Folk and Fairy Tales" audiobook edition, featuring an illustration of a leprechaun by Gráinne Fordham. Edited and selected by William Butler Yeats. Foreword by Bernard O'Donohue. Read by Gerard Doyle. And "A Word About the Audiobook, by Dr. Anne Abrams, read by Emily Gray." Link to audiobook: https://posthypnoticpress.com/product/irish-folk-and-fairy-tales/
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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My mom loved jigsaw puzzles. We (kids, grandkids, great grandkids) all remember working on them with her, which was always accompanied by fun conversation.

I've been thinking about her & adding jigsaw puzzles to our site. She would have loved this one.

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Jigsaw puzzle (Forest for the Trees: 2000 pieces) based on an image of trees in a west coast rainforest. Photography by Carlyn Craig.
October 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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A gripping deep dive into the 1980 New Mexico prison riot—the deadliest in U.S. history—and the haunting fate of the Williams brothers.

🔥 True crime meets American tragedy
🎧 Narrated by Michael Puttonen
📖 Unflinching, human, unforgettable

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July 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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We offer a recording of Caliban and the Witch. There were some issues in our original recording, & so we re-recorded it, providing the narrator more support. Fascinating book! You can get it directly from us - as an Indie publisher we always appreciate that!

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July 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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One of the things I loved about producing this book was putting together the music. Heather Henderson, who narrated & co-produced, suggested that, as the radio was so important, we hear music from the era. I became obsessed with the idea & it resulted in one of my favorite reviews. :)

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Love the book, the reader, the production. MollyM/CA · May 21, 2018 The music! I've returned books because of the inane and intrusive electronic music that endlessly infested the readings. But this book's music-- I want a playlist! The short clips that introduce and end the sections are always appropriate, never intrusive, never (so far s I can tell) electronic, and range from jazz and dance music of the time (late 1930's) to well-played classics and even some forebodingly dissonant clips from the avant-garde of the time. I liked the reader very much. By the middle of the first chapter I had a hard time convincing myself it wasn't really Betty herself reading the book. That kind of reader. Your mileage may vary. Okay, I liked the book when I first read it. But if you haven't seen it or didn't like it, you may find this reader and this production irresistable. If Betty's time in the sanatorium doesn't appeal to you (I'd seen my share of nurses like that in my childhood and loved vicariously getting even), the opening chapters on her childhood might. The story itself seems both tighter and more skillfully constructed than some of her adult books -- at least in this production. Breaking the reader's heart with comedy is a pretty good trick, too. 5.0 Performance 5.0
June 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Love animals? Check out our animal audiobooks, including "Inside Animal Hearts and Minds" & "When Animals Rescue" by Belinda Recio, read by Hayden Panettiere. These are lovely books good for the whole family. As an indie publisher, we appreciate direct sales!

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June 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The author quotes primary sources throughout. We wanted listeners to hear this. Jesse Lipscombe delivered!

One customer wrote "myriad narrators bring history to life" & another, "this featured what sounded like a cast of Black voices reading quotes. It was delightful, & I adored it."
Jesse Lipscombe, with the #MakeItAwkward Campaign, speaks during the Edmonton Peace Day Celebration at City Hall in Edmonton, Alberta on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. PHOTO BY IAN KUCERAK.
June 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Looking forward to the day!
Photo of podium at the Vancouver International Publishing Conference.
June 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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If you love to learn about animals, check out Belinda Recio's "Inside Animal Hearts and Minds" and "When Animals Rescue, narrated by Hayden Panettiere, who was nominated for a Voice Arts Award for both titles and won for "When Animals Rescue."

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June 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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As I get ready to put on an audiobook & do some housecleaning, I thought I'd post a few suggestions from our catalogue for relaxed listening. Something to take your mind off of the craziness we are all bombarded with daily.

First up, some books about animals, because we LOVE animals. Here are my 2.
June 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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She is. Henry is very handsome, too. He's also a rescue - he was starving when we got him. He was so skinny I thought he must be a Doberman cross! But now he looks like a normal German Shepard. So, it's Handsome Henry and Pretty Patsy. :)
May 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Ours, too! :)
Two dogs lying nose to nose in a colorful room.
May 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Many chose #veganism for the planet. But cutting out all meat is a deal breaker for many.

On the other hand, we in North American eat far too much meat. Eleanor Boyle offers sound reasons to reconsider our diet choices & diminish the amount of meat we eat.

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May 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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When one is stuck in the patter of yo-yo dieting, food obsessions, & food cravings, it is hard to find a way out. Many don't take the notion of food addiction seriously.

Dr. Vera Tarman's excellent book provides another path to overcoming 'food addition.'

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May 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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At some point in her twenties, Sarah was over 300 lbs. In her early 30s, she went on a serious diet/exercise kick & lost lots of weight. Here we are in the kitchen together sometime in the early 80s.

But this weight loss didn't last. After having a son in her late 30s, the weight started to return.
Family photo: Sarah (left) and Carlyn (right) drying dishes in the early 1980s. The little girl with her back to the camera is my niece.
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