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Short verses able to be recorded on cylinders
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The American Foundation for the Blind and the Library of Congress Book for the Blind Project created the talking book program for blind and disabled readers.
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Edgar Allan Poe, The Bible, and Hellen Kellen Works included
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Barbara Holdridge and Marianne Mantell establish Caedmon Records
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Poet Dylan Thomas records two sided disc of his personal writings
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Sylvia Platt, Robert Frost, T.S. Elliot and Ernest Hemingway record their voices reading their works under Caedmon label
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new recording device made avalible for consumers
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Spoken word recorded and released on cassettes.
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As the sole supply of audiobooks to schools, Caedmon became million dollar company
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Caedmon, HarperRow and RandomHouse publish audiobooks on tape. New genres avaliable for consumption.
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Quality of sound and portable friendly for consumers
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The popularity of Apple products increased consumer awareness of audiobooks.
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Digital technology became user friendly, allowing users to multitask while listening to books.
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Over 500,000 books recorded each year. Offers new genres of books.
