A new award will be introduced at the 9th annual Audie Awards ceremony hosted by the Audio Publishers Association. For the first time one title will be recognized as the Audiobook of the Year. The winner will be announced June 4, 2004, to coincide with BookExpo America; the nominees are:
The John Cheever Audio Collection
by John Cheever
Read by John Cheever, Benjamin Cheever, Blythe Danner, Peter Gallagher, Edward Herrmann, George Plimpton, and Meryl Streep
ISBN: 0060554835
Compact Disc SRP: $29.95

Pub Date: June 2003
Publisher: HarperAudio
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling
Read by Jim Dale
ISBN: 0807220299
Compact Disc SRP: $75.00
Pub Date: June 2003

Publisher: Listening Library
The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
Read by a Cast of Nearly 400 Top Shakespearean Actors, Including Eileen Atkins, Joseph Fiennes, Sir John Gielgud, Ciaran Hinds, Alan Howard, Jan Lapotaire, Amanda Root, David Tennant, and Timothy West
ISBN: 1932219005
Compact Disc SRP: $600.00

Pub Date: April 2003
Publisher: Audio Partners
David Sedaris: Live at Carnegie Hall
Live Performance by David Sedaris
ISBN: 1586215647
Compact Disc SRP: $17.98

Pub Date: October 2003
Publisher: Little, Brown Adult
A Patriot’s Handbook
Introduced and Selected by Caroline Kennedy
Archival Recordings by Neil Armstrong, Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan, John McCain, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with Selections Read by James Earl Jones, Vanessa Williams, Edward M. Kennedy, and Martha Plimpton
ISBN: 1401396658
Compact Disc SRP: $24.98

Pub Date: May 2003
Publisher: Hyperion