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Sync AudioBooks for Teens is back for Summer Reading!

Posted on by Rosemary Kiladitis

Great news! SYNC 2016 will give away 30 titles — two paired audiobook downloads a week, starting May 5th and ending August 18th!

For anyone who doesn’t know what SYNC is: SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens. Starting May 5th 2016, SYNC will give away two complete audiobook downloads a week – pairs of high interest titles, based on weekly themes. Sign up for email or text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at www.audiobooksync.com.

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Titles from award-winning authors such as Chinua Achebe, M.T. Anderson, Laura Ruby, Andrew Smith, David Levithan, and Tamara Ireland Stone. Check out the ToolKit, offering printable poster options (I’ve already got mine up in my Teen section) and posters with QR codes that will enable users to play sound clips.

This year, there’s a great SoundCloud link to an audio sampler – I’ve embedded it here for your listening pleasure. Get ready for Summer Reading and Listening!

Posted in Teen, Young Adult/New Adult

SYNC is back for the summer!

Posted on by Rosemary Kiladitis

Did you take advantage of the SYNC free audiobook program last summer? If you did, awesome – if you didn’t, you’ve got another chance! SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for young adults. Starting again May 7th 2015, SYNC will give away two complete audiobook downloads a week – a current young adult title along with a thematically paired classic or required summer reading title.

Here’s a look at what you’ve got to look forward to – I know my SmartPhone will be busy!

May 7 – Kami Garcia & Margarget Stohl’s Beautiful Creatures and Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca

May 14 – Terry Pratchett’s Dodger and Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations

May 21 – Ilyasah Shabazz’s X and Walter Dean Myers’ Here in Harlem

May 28 – Melissa de la Cruz’s The Ring & The Crown and Margo Lanagan’s Sea Hearts

Librarians and teachers, promote SYNC by downloading the posters and bookmarks at SYNC’s online toolkit. Sign up for email or text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at www.audiobooksync.com or text “syncya” to 25827.