AudioFile (magazine)
{{short description|Magazine that focuses on audiobooks}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = AudioFile
| image_file = Audiofile December 2018-January 2019 cover.jpg
| editor = Robin F. Whitten
| category = Literary magazine
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| frequency = Bimonthly
| publisher = AudioFile Publications, Inc.
| founded = {{Start date and age|1992}}
| language = English
| issn = 1063-0244
| country = United States
| based = Portland, Maine
| website = [http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gateway/login.cfm AudioFile]
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AudioFile is a print and online magazine whose mission is to review "unabridged and abridged audiobooks, original audio programs, commentary, and dramatizations in the spoken-word format. The focus of reviews is the audio presentation, not the critique of the written material."{{cite web|website=AudioFile.com|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/about/|title=About: AudioFile's Mission|access-date=July 3, 2014}} AudioFile is published six times a year in Portland, Maine.{{cite web|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/about/|website=Audiofile.com|title=About|access-date=July 3, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Book Review Magazines|url=http://www.bookmarket.com/magazines-books.htm|work=Book Market|access-date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513004153/http://www.bookmarket.com/magazines-books.htm|archive-date=May 13, 2019|url-status=dead}}
Launch
The publication was launched in 1992 as a 12-page black & white newsletter containing about 50 critical reviews of audiobooks, focused on new releases.{{cite journal|author=Katz, Bill|title= Magazines|journal= Library Journal|date=November 15, 1992|volume= 117 |issue= 19| page=110}} In 1997, it switched to a 36-page color magazine format containing about 60 reviews per issue and interviews with authors, readers, and publishers.{{cite journal| author=Bryant, Eric |title=AudioFile|journal= Library Journal|date=February 15, 1997| volume= 122 |issue =3|page=167}}
Online
In 2000, AudioFile launched an online database of past issues.{{cite news|author=Rosenblum, Trudi M.| title=Audio bits|work= Publishers Weekly|date=April 3, 2000| volume= 247|issue= 14}} Current issues were offered online beginning in 2001.{{cite journal|title=AudioFile|journal= School Library Journal |date= Jun 2001| volume=47|issue= 6|page=83}}
Earphones Awards
AudioFile bestows Earphones Awards to presentations which are deemed to excel in the following criteria:{{cite news |title=June 2020 Earphones Award Winners |url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/earphones/}}
- Narrative voice and style
- Vocal characterizations
- Appropriateness for the audio format
- Enhancement of the text
SYNC Audiobooks for Teens
AudioFile sponsors the SYNC Audiobooks for Teens, a "free summer program for teens 13+." The program provides subscribers with two free and complete audiobook downloads paired thematically each week during its summer season. The season varies in length from 10 to 16 weeks. The audiobook files are delivered via the OverDrive Media Console.{{cite web|url=http://www.audiobooksync.com/what-is-sync/|title=What is SYNC?|website=Audiobooksync.com|access-date=August 17, 2016}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/ Official website]
Category:Book review magazines published in the United States
Category:Bimonthly magazines published in the United States
Category:Magazines established in 1992