| I came home, dropped down on the couch, closed my | | | | an audio book last year. That's a 12% increase from 2 |
| eyes and tuned in to an iSoap. | | | | years ago. But a new digital format called iSoaps may |
| What's an iSoap? | | | | accelerate the proliferation of the audio book industry. |
| An iSoap is an entertaining novel offered to you in an | | | | Other stories I have listened to is The Venus de Millo |
| audio format. But it's not Books-on-Tape that put you | | | | Murders. This is a European crime thriller that reminded |
| to sleep as one reader drones on and on. These | | | | me of the Da Vinci Code. When another body of a |
| audios books are done like old time radio shows, with | | | | beautiful woman is cut up like Venus de Milo, the police |
| real actors reading all the parts, sound effects, and | | | | are left clueless. Ex-cop Tommy Fallon is offered $2 |
| bringing the book to life. | | | | million to conduct an international manhunt to find the |
| I've listened to a mafia story on one iSoap site called | | | | elusive serial killer. |
| The publisher takes the listening experience to a new | | | | I also listened to WordLotto. It's a black political satire In |
| level. The production called "Jake and the Three | | | | the world of limited words, Tom Brennan grudgingly |
| Jamokies" has over 20 different New York voices. It's | | | | handles appeals from citizens who claim that their |
| fun, it's entertaining, and I can do it with my eyes | | | | WordMeters are malfunctioning. When assigned a |
| closed. | | | | string of bizarre clients, the Word Representative's life |
| Audio books are exploding. 22% of adults listened to | | | | spins out of control. |