It actually took about six years for Recorded Books to catch on. Later, as the company grew during the 1980s, it opened a new recording facility in New York City near Times Square. įor the first six years, Trentman worked at Recorded Books part-time since the company did not generate enough revenue to justify his coming on full-time.
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At first the book titles were in the public domain (such as Jack London), however after Recorded Books picked professional stage actor Alexander Spencer to narrate books they began branching out into copyright works. Muller remembered "this traveling salesman who had a crazy idea about recording books onto cassettes and marketing them to commuters." Muller would remain one of Recorded Books' most prolific and popular narrators over the years. The company's first recording was in 1979 as The Sea-Wolf by Jack London narrated by Frank Muller, a local actor at Washington DC's Arena Stage. Unlike other audiobooks sold at the time, which were usually abridged to 2–4 hours long, Trentman envisioned unabridged productions of 20 or more tapes which could be rented mail-order, and that would be of high quality sound and professional narrators. Trentman was a salesman who spent a lot of his time driving and listening to the radio and he believed there was a market for better quality recorded books on cassette tape targeted to commuters. Recorded Books was founded in 1978 by Henry Trentman in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. Recorded Books was founded in 1978 by Henry Trentman, one of the pioneers in the audiobook industry. Recorded Books was formerly an independent audiobook company before being purchased and re-organized under RBMedia, where it is now an imprint. Recorded Books is an audiobook imprint of RBMedia, a publishing company with operations in countries globally. Audiobook company Recorded Books Parent companyīlackstone Publishing, Ingram Publisher Services
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