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Podiobooks.com Chooses LibsynPRO 2.0 and Joins Wizzard Media Network
PITTSBURGH, Pa. --(Business Wire)-- Wizzard Media (AMEX: WZE), the world's largest podcasting network, announced today that Podiobooks.com has chosen LibsynPRO 2.0 to host and service their podcasts, and will make their library of shows available on the Wizzard Media Network for advertising opportunities. Podiobooks.com offers free serialized audiobooks in a podcast format, boasting more than 40,000 episodes downloaded daily.
By using the LibsynPRO 2.0 system, Podiobooks.com will receive detailed statistics, dynamic ad insertion, geo-targeting tools for each show on the channel, with Nielsen//NetRatings metrics reporting available for ad campaigns brought in by Wizzard Media. Utilizing the LibsynPRO 2.0 dynamic ad insertion system, Podiobooks.com shows can use advertising slots to cross-promote multiple titles as well as projects by other authors. Additionally, Wizzard's national ad sales team will work to secure advertising opportunities for authors contributing to the Podiobooks.com library.
Over 200 titles by more than 150 authors are available on Podiobooks.com. Unlike most podcasts, all Podiobooks.com presentations are "self contained," with definite start and end points for the episodes that make up the stories. This twist on conventional audiobooks allows for an easily-managed, enjoyable listening experience, on a schedule of the listener's choosing.
Evo Terra, co-founder of Podiobooks.com, said, "Libsyn has always been a valued partner for Podiobooks.com and one that is always willing to work with us, as our needs are a bit different than the standard podcasting community. With over 200 serialized free audiobooks in our system, we needed some additional reporting and management features than the standard system provides. We're now able to get episodes of our books live much quicker, and the reliability of the platform has been incredible. I can honestly say that if it were not for Libsyn and LibsynPRO, it would not have been possible for Podiobooks.com to grow into what it is today -- and what it will be in the future."
"Podiobooks.com has grown using Libsyn, and now we look forward to taking them to the next level with LibsynPRO 2.0," said Rob Walch, Wizzard's Vice President of Podcaster Relations. "By offering hosting, ad insertion, metrics and ad sales, LibsynPRO will help Podiobooks.com maximize revenue-generating opportunities in an efficient manner, supported by our ad sales team."
About Wizzard Media
Wizzard Media is the industry's leading podcast hosting network, with an unprecedented one billion-plus download requests in 2007. Podcasts are a means for independent and professional content creators to publish audio and video shows for the world to enjoy over the Internet or on mp3 players, such as the Apple iPod and the Microsoft Zune. Podcasting is a relatively new phenomenon, but Wizzard Media collectively broadcasts millions of podcast downloads per day through media aggregators like Apple's iTunes, Microsoft's Zune Marketplace and other podcast aggregators. For more information, please visit www.wizzard.tv. Wizzard Media is a division of Wizzard Software, a leader in speech technology development.
About Podiobooks.com
Podiobooks.com was founded in early 2005 to help the "underpublished" author reach a larger audience through podcasting technologies. With the advent widely-available and low-cost hardware that fueled the podcasting explosion, a new paradigm was needed to allow for the unique needs of podcasting completed works of original literature. Podiobooks.com offers authors and content providers free hosting of their media files. In turn, listeners can freely enjoy customized RSS feeds of any book of their choosing, allowing them start every story from the first episode, and to have subsequent episodes delivered on a schedule dictated by the listener right through the last episode. Podiobooks.com embraces the DIY attitude, leaving the production of the audio episodes in the hands of the producer. As of this release, there are 207 serialized free audiobooks available on the site, covering a wide range of genres and subject matter.
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