Whole Story Audio Books

David Hewson wins Award for The Seventh Sacrament

12:00am 15/06/2008

Congratulations to David Hewson, whose fifth Nic Costa novel, The Seventh Sacrament, has won the new Audible Sounds of Crime prize for the Unabridged Crime Audio Book of the Year.

The award, which was based on votes from readers, was announced at the Bristol CrimeFest conference at the beginning of June.

In his response to receiving the award, David said "I'm really honoured and flattered to get such a plaudit for the work, and delighted too that I quite rightly share it with Saul Reichlin, the series narrator, whose astonishing performance of the books is surely one of the main reasons for their popularity in audio."

"Saul does an astonishing job, as many readers tell me by email. And thanks, too, to the hard-working people at WF Howes, my audio publishers, who perform the magical process of transforming a book into the living, breathing, talking medium of an audio work. I’m very grateful for the wonderful job you do."

Dorothy Dunnett makes her entrance for Whole Story Audio Books

8:30am 8/06/2008

Attention all you lovers of Lymond: we are very excited to announce that July will see the release of the first three Dorothy Dunnett titles for Whole Story Audio Books:

• Game of Kings
• Queen's Play
• The Disorderly Knights

As Dorothy Dunnett titles are now out of print in the UK, this could be your best chance to immerse yourself in the world of Mary, Queen of Scots. Further Dorothy Dunnett releases on audio book are already in the pipeline.

20% discount on Harlan Coben titles during June

8:30am 1/06/2008

We are offering you a 20% discount on all titles by our Author of the Month, Harlan Coben, until the end of June.

50% Off Introductory Offer

3:30pm 21/04/2008

Exciting news! Whole Story Audio Books are proud to announce an introductory special offer of 50% off your next order!*

All you have to do to qualify is complete a simple questionnaire about your listening habits and preferences. It's easy and will take only a few minutes of your time to complete.

Happy Listening!

* Note: Discount applies to three titles or less on one order.

Unabridged or Nothing at Whole Story Audio Books

10:00am 14/04/2008

A brand new audio book operation, selling only unabridged audio books has been launched. Whole Story Audio Books passionately believes that if you want to read a whole book you should be able to listen to a whole audio book too.

Whole Story Audio Books launches with over 1,000 top titles by authors including Ian Rankin, Dan Brown and Marian Keyes, and includes many award-winners such as Costa, Whitbread and Richard and Judy selections. In addition Whole Story Audio is committed to bringing out at least ten new titles every month, making it a major source for the latest and best audio books - and all unabridged.

"We have the strong support of a number of authors who believe that their work should be heard in its entirety," said Shaun Sibley of Whole Story Audio Books. "Whether it is detailed description, scene setting information, dialogue or plot development, we don't believe the author's published work should be cut down by typically 60% just for the sake of getting it onto fewer CD's and keeping the price down."

"People read books for entertainment and information. When it comes to listening to them they should get exactly the same content as the book, professionally narrated to maximise the enjoyment, and not less than half a book edited down by a third party."