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“When Answers Aren’t Enough” audiobook now on Amazon
Amazon.com has added the audiobook edition of When Answers Aren’t Enough. (Hint: It’s cheaper than going directly to Audible’s website, even though the Amazon link sends you to Audible. Go figure.) Click here for the Amazon/Audible page that is cheaper than the Audible-only page. The audiobook edition is also available from iTunes.“When Answers Aren’t Enough” audiobook now available
Great news! The audiobook version of When Answers Aren’t Enough is here. You can download it from iTunes or Audible.com. Just search for Matt Rogers at either online store and you’ll find it.Please help me spread the word, too. Could you blog about it? Post a link on your Facebook wall? Mention it in your Facebook status? Tweet about it if you’re on Twitter? If you know someone who prefers hearing books to reading them and who might find solace in what I’ve written, could you point them to the audiobook? You can even give the book to someone through iTunes. Look for the “Gift This Audiobook” link.
Thanks for helping me get out the word!
Recording audio book version of “When Answers Aren’t Enough”
Just returned from Zondervan’s headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I spent a couple of days recording the audio book version of When Answers Aren’t Enough. While there, I had the privilege of meeting many of the folks who worked on the book. What a great bunch of people.According to Brad Hill, who oversaw the recording, When Answers Aren’t Enough, the audio book version, should show up on iTunes and other sites sometime in the next eight weeks or so. Of course, I’ll let you know when that happens.
In the meantime, click here to visit my Facebook page. I’ve posted pictures from my trip to Zondervan.
“When Answers Aren’t Enough” audio book recording dates
I now have the recording dates for the audio book edition of When Answers Aren’t Enough. I’ll visit Zondervan in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for three days of recording, September 8 – 10.I’m really looking forward to the process, and I’m excited to meet the many people who helped take When Answers Aren’t Enough from simple word document to published book. No doubt I’ll offer frequent blog updates those three days, so stay tuned!
“When Answers Aren’t Enough” audio book coming soon
Received great news today from Angela Scheff, my editor at Zondervan. In addition to the print and Kindle versions of When Answers Aren’t Enough, Zondervan soon will be releasing an audio book version, and they’re asking me to voice the recording. Due to the highly personal nature of the book, they felt it was best to have the author read it rather than hiring someone else. (I like their thinking!)I’m excited about this development because now people who just don’t enjoy reading will be able to experience the book anyway. I’ll keep you posted as I learn more.
Visit to InterVarsity Press
Over the weekend, I was in Chicago visiting a friend. Just so happens that Chicago is home to InterVarsity Press, publisher of J.I. Packer’s Knowing God, Dallas Willard’s Hearing God, and, yes, Yours Truly’s Losing God. (That’s right: Packer knows him, Willard hears him, and I lose him.)I finally met the people who helped take Losing God from manuscript to published book–chiefly my editor, Dave Zimmerman, and my copyeditor, Elaina Whittenhall.
If you’d like to see more pictures from my visit, click here for my Facebook photo albums. You might have to add me as a friend in order to see them.
Read “When Answers Aren’t Enough” on your iPhone or iPod touch
Good news for iPhone and iPod touch owners: You don’t need a Kindle device to read the Kindle edition of When Answers Aren’t Enough.You can download the FREE Kindle for iPhone application at Apple’s online app store. (Did I mention it was free?) Click here for that. Then go here for the Kindle edition of When Answers Aren’t Enough–not free, but worth the money, I must say.
If you don’t own an iPhone or iPod touch, could you tell a friend who does?
Thanks for helping spread the word. And I’ll let you know if/when Losing God becomes available for Kindle as well.
“When Answers Aren’t Enough” available for Kindle
When Answers Aren’t Enough is now available for Amazon’s Kindle device. If you’ll be traveling this summer and don’t want to lug a bunch of books with you, or if you’d just like to spare a tree, you might give the Kindle edition of my book a try. (Maybe tell a friend, as well.) Click here for the link.
Matt Rogers on the Bob Dutko Show, Friday, May 15
This Friday, May 15, beginning around 1:00PM Eastern, I will be giving a 30-minute radio interview on the Bob Dutko Show on WMUZ out of Detroit. I’ll be talking about Losing God. You can listen live at WMUZ.com. Bob Dutko’s bio says,
On Mother’s Day 2002, Bob’s oldest child and only daughter, Colleen suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed in his arms and died instantly for no explained reason at age 17. Bob has used this tragedy to remind Christians that our hope and trust must always be in God alone, that God is sovereign, that our faith in Him can not be shaken by circumstances and that in good times or bad, He will never leave us or forsake us.
This should be an encouraging time for anyone who’s been through doubt and depression, whatever the cause. I hope you can listen this Friday at 1:00PM.
“Losing God” in another language
I received word today from InterVarsity Press that Losing God soon will be translated into Korean. Publishers often sell translation rights to other publishers around the world, and Hanuel Christian Book House has acquired the rights to publish a Korean edition of Losing God. My editor, Dave Zimmerman, says, “The Koreans make great books; it’s bound to be beautiful.”
Translations take eighteen months to two years to complete and print, so I guess that means in late 2010 or early 2011 you’ll be able to read Losing God in another language!