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Article on Print Publishers Creating MP3s
Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 at 11:10 AM by Jason Barker
CNN published an article about publishers - in this case, particularly textbook publishers - creating MP3 versions of books. The statistics given for MP3 and podcast usage are similar to those I cited in an earlier post - over 50 percent of teens own an iPod, but less than five percent of their MP3 listening consists of podcasts or audio books - but the article also notes that the use of non-music MP3s is steadily increasing.
This increase can be noticed in the increased interest in - and availability of - Orthodox podcasts. I noted in a previous post that Ancient Faith Radio now has a podcast called The Path which focuses on daily scriptural reading (as does Annunciation Orthodox Church's Orthodox Word podcast), and both Ancient Faith Radio and the Orthodox Christian Network syndicate podcasts of radio programs (AFR makes available Our Life in Christ, and OCN produces Come Receive the Light, although Come Receive the Light's MP3 version has been unavailable since OCN launched its new website). Furthermore, this blog's stats show that a surprising number of people visit this blog while searching for Orthodox podcasts: at least two have done so in the last eighteen hours.
This again raises the issue of producing a podcast for Orthodox youth. I have not implemented an MP3 feature into the upcoming study of Luke (which I promise will start soon), but it may be possible to create another podcast, or to implement a podcast into the study of the Pauline epistle(s) that will be the subject of the 2008 Bible Bowl. Would you listen to a podcast for Orthodox youth, and if so, what type of podcast would you like to receive?
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