In case you missed this great coverage of Neil Gaiman Presents in Salon just before the holiday, here it is.
Neil Gaiman Presents, a line of audiobooks personally selected by Gaiman and then produced through ACX, launched last month with sixteen titles, five of which are already available at Audible.com.
From Laura Miller‘s piece:
“Most omnivorous audiobook consumers have been frustrated by the relatively limited selection of available books (especially if you’re looking for something besides best sellers). Neil Gaiman Presents is part of a larger enterprise by Audible.com, called ACX (for Audiobook Creation Exchange). It aims to bring new titles to the public by hosting a service through which authors (and other rights holders) can connect with professional narrators.
“The short-term reason I got involved with ACX,” Gaiman told me, “is that there are books I love that I want to bring to the world. The long-term reason I signed up is because I want to live in a world where every book that exists has a great audiobook.” I telephoned him to find out more about Neil Gaiman Presents and why it’s been so difficult to get a wider variety of audiobooks to the ears of America’s readers.”
Audiobook Creation Exchange Blog (ACX) 