Best Audio Books

Ok, so I am making a film and it had the title Chocolate Fever. But then my friend said that I couldn’t do that since there was a children’s book called Chocolate Fever written by Robert Smith. (Our stories are completely different though) But after doing some research I found that book titles can’t be copyrighted, they can only be trademarked if the title is a series or complex enough.

So I searched the trade mark date base and found nothing for Chocolate Fever. But I emailed the author and asked if it was trademarked. But in return, I got a very rude email saying that I didn’t have permission to use his title and that he would sue me if I did. I reply back saying if he had proof that it was trademarked all he had to do was send it to me and I would change my title. I also told him that our stories are completely different and that I was just a student making a short film.

But then Robert replied saying his book was copyrighted, and his audio-book was copyrighted and I didn’t have permission and that he would sue me. But he not give any proof that it was trademarked.

Its a book written in the 1970’s and my film is a short student film. So I have no idea why he is going insane over this whole thing. But I just wanted some advice.

Would I be able to get away with changing my title to "Dark Chocolate Fever"?

I have also heard that book titles can’t be copyrighted.

I previously bought two books on the same subject, both with the same title, only two years apart in publishing date, both by different authors. Here they are as the first two titles on the page:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_b/?search-alias=stripbooks&unfiltered=1&field-keywords=&field-author=&field-title=great+cholesterol+con&field-isbn=&field-publisher=&node=&field-p_n_condition-type=&field-feature_browse-bin=&field-binding_browse-bin=&field-subject=&field-language=&field-dateop=&field-datemod=&field-dateyear=&sort=relevanceexprank&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=35&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=11

I find it hard to believe that any publisher would print a book (the 2008 book) using a copyrighted title, setting themselves up to be sued by the author of the original book (the 2006 book).

I’m not a lawyer but my opinion is that you can use the title "Chocolate Fever" legally but you may still have to put up with this author as there’s nothing to stop him from filing a nuisance lawsuit, no matter how wrong he is.

I would talk with a copyright/trademark lawyer to find out what you’re up against and the possible costs involved in fighting with this guy. Maybe it would help if you had a lawyer write to this guy reading him the riot act if he doesn’t back off? Could your lawyer make life miserable for this guy if he doesn’t back off?

I find it really strange that a guy who is so hot on protecting his book title "Chocolate Fever" never purchased and used the domain http://www.chocolatefever.com/. When I type that into my browser, I get a generic search site for everything chocolate instead of a site plugging his book and anything else he might be selling to help market his book.
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Check this out also:

http://www.ovguide.com/movies_tv/chocolate_fever.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Fever-VHS-Hamilton-Camp/dp/6301801865

Did this guy sue the maker of this movie/film? If so, and he won, how could they still be selling it? If he lost, I’d like to see the written result. It sure looks to me like "Chocolate Fever" is what they call, "in the public domain" which means that anyone can use it. Agree? Disagree?

Savannah Ripley rearranged the audio visuals on a rack. It had taken her almost an hour to complete it all. Volunteering at the library seemed fun when she signed up for it, but it ended up being hard work. She didn’t mind it, though. She enjoyed tutoring the first graders, passing out snacks, and putting back books and videos on shelves. To her the library didn’t look like a regular library. At least not the one in Graysville. Paramount’s library was big and nicer. The floor was hardwood and the inside of the library looked like the inside of a museum. She liked the Graysville Township Library better.
She looked over her shoulders and saw a few of her classmates walking by. A boy named Ben Mathews joked around with two other boys as they logged onto one of the computers in the children’s section. Savannah noticed right off the bat that a lot of students from Paramount came here after school. She even saw Brandon Albertson and some of her other friends roaming around the building. Suddenly, she felt someone wrap theirs arms around her waist. She knew who that was.
"Carter!" she said excitely, turning around to face him. "What are you doing here!? At the library of all places."
Carter Atkins hated reading so she was so shocked to see him there. Carter just smiled at her and pulled her in closer. He leaned over and kissed her on the neck. It tickled, making her giggle. But she wanted to be professional about her job so she pulled away.
"Carter," she whispered, giggling. "Not in front of all these people."
She pointed at two little girls giggling at their public display of affection. Carter just scoffed and kissed her some more. He wanted her so much. Kissing her was the best he ever did. Pretty soon, Andy and Holly bumbled their way over to them.
"What’s up!" shouted Andy, seeming to not be aware that he was at the library.
Being quiet didn’t seem to apply anymore at libraries. In fact there was a group of annoying Asian kids who kept talking contantly over at the lounging section. Savannah liked quietness. It helped her concentrate better. Sighing, she stacked more audio visuals onto the rack.
"I came here to see you." Carter said as if it were obvious. "I may hate reading, but I don’t hate you."
Holly and Andy walked over, helping Savannah put up the audio visuals. Carter pitched in to help. Savannah was glad to have her friends there. It was more fun then doing the work all alone. She wanted to show them the little kids she was about to tutor in the children’s area.
Around the area where puzzles and books laid, five children sat on the colorful bean bags. Two little kids ran up to hug Savannah. One of was a tiny girl named Tatiana Sanchez. She had blond hair and blue eyes. Tatiana idoloized Savannah and always wanted her to play with her. Savannah thought Tatiana was just the cutest thing in the world. Another one was an African American by named Tyler Richards who had a crush on her. He had a high-pitch voice and was incredibally cute.
"Hi!" Savannah piped, kissing both of them on the cheek.
"Well, who are you?" Andy said in a soft voice, taking Tatiana by the hand.
"I’m Tatiana." she smiled. "But Savannah calls me Tater-Tot."
Holly snickered in the background.
"Well, I’m Andy and Savannah calls me ‘jackass’."
"Andy!" hissed Savannah.
She didn’t want him saying profanities in front of the children. The class giggled. Andy ran up to them, tickling a few little girls who squealed in joy. He picked up one of the boys and acted like he was flying him. Savannah smiled. Andy knew how to handle children.
"You are very pretty." Holly said, kneeling down to Tatiana. "I’m Holly."
"You’re pretty, too!" Tatiana grinned, jumping up and down. "Can we be friends?"
"Sure," Holly smiled.
"Who is that?" Tatiana asked, pointing to Carter.
"I’m Carter." he said, smiling.

"Nice to meet you!" she said, doing a mock bow.
Carter laughed. Little kids always made him and Andy laugh.
"This is my boyfriend, Carter." Savannah whispered to Tatiana so Tyler couldn’t hear.
But he did. Tyler contorted his face. "No, I’m her boyfriend!"
Carter laughed. "Okay, buddy. I’ll back off."
"As long as we’re cool." Tyler said, doing a peace sign.
"You better watch out Carter." Andy joked. "This Tyler kid is better looking than you. He looks like he can take you down."
Carter understood why Savannah liked her job. Being around children always gave you a hint of nostalgia for your own childhood. He liked all of the kids in that room. Andy saw a little boy sitting all by himself looking sad. He had on thick glasses and had blond hair. Andy walked over to him, sitting down next to him.

"Why the long face, little man?"

"No one wants to play with me?"
"Aww…why not?"
"Because they think I’m weird for wearing glasses."
Andy felt bad for the boy. He had done the same thing the kids were doing to the boy.
"What’s your name?"
"Geoff."
"Well, Geoff, I’ll be your friend and I’ll make these kids be your friend, too."
Geoff’s face lit up. "You mean it!"
"Hundred percent."
Geoff hugged Andy.
"Listen up," Andy told the four children. "This hear is my friend Geoff. Now he’s been telling me that you guys have been mean to him. I want you all to get along with him. Got it?"
"I like him." Tatiana said. "It’s just that he’s too shy."
"We joked with him plenty of times." said a redheaded boy. "But he always gets upset."
"Because making fun of people’s glasses isn’t nice." explained Savannah. "You may think it’s funny and nice, but some people like Geoff don’t."
The kids went to Jeff and apologized. They had said it was only a joke and they were just trying to get him to like them. Geoff thanked Andy and went over to the children to play with them.
"I guess my work here is done, here." Andy said triumphantly to Carter.
"Do you wanna see my talent?" Tatiana asked Carter.
Savannah groaned. She had seen Tatiana’s "talent" plenty of times.
"Sure," he smiled, patting her head.
Tatiana pulled up her shirt to her chest and sucked in her stomach to reveal two ribs. They were so prominant. Andy and Holly laughed.
"Once upon a time there was a rabbit named Peter," she began.
"Ooh!" Andy said, raising his hands like a child. "I love this story! It always has a happy ending!"
Savannah laughed. Peter Rabbit used to be her favorite book when she was three. Her grandmother used to read it to her every time she came over. The story never got old to her.
She continued to read, getting to the climax of the story. Carter put his hand on a little girl’s shoulders to play like he was a big kid.

"This is the best part." Carter pretended, acting giddy.

"I know, I’m getting goosebumps!" Holly joked. "I hope the rabbit doesn’t get eaten."

Savannah laughed again. Why were her friends being so immature? The children didn’t mind. They actually liked their presence. When Savannah was done with the book, she started passing out juice boxes and snacks to the children.

"Here you are," she said, handing one to Tyler.

Tyler did a "call me" signal and Savannah played along. She handed the other one to Tatiana,
Sorry, I wasn’t trying to be racist against Asians.

Its very good! I actually would like to read it some more though whats the plot?

Anyways i dont think this answers your question much but i think you should put it up on this website www.fictionpress.com that way you can add the chapters one by one and you can have more people review every chapter! =D

*Speak Japanese (Book 1): A Textbook For Young Students
*Japanese Step by Step : An Innovative Approach to Speaking and Reading Japanese
*Japanese Made Easy: Revised Edition
*Let’s Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing (Kodansha’s Children’s Classics
*Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition
*Read and Speak Japanese for Beginners
*Japanese for Dummies AUDIO+CD (

if none of these are good do have any suggestions i am a begginer and speak english also any good work books and where i can find the books and workbooks and about how much any of ur suggestions cost

Most japanese students always recommend Genki textbooks. They don’t have it in stock at amazon, but you can buy it from jbox.com.

Also another good book is "Japanese for Busy People *kana version" (In my opinion). It even includes an audio CD ^^

*The books I mentioned are written in kana, so to understand them you should first learn the 2 kana alphabets (hiragana & katakana) they are not hard to learn, you just need the 3 D’s desire, dedication & determination. It normally takes about a week or less (if you work hard)

My advice is to stay AWAY from books written in romaji (unless you only want to speak and not write japanese) because they just make you believe that you’re learning the language while you’re only learning half of it (spoken), then when you have a direct approach with the language you will end up feeling frustrated and that you have lost your time with romaji when you could’ve been a step closer starting off with kana.

So, that being said…

From those books you mentioned:
*Japanese Made Easy: I bought it when I started and later regretted it, it’s all in romaji.

*Japanese for Dummies Audio & CD is alright I guess, but the pamphlet that comes with the CD is in romaji, overall it is a good approach to spoken japanese (even though sometimes they pronounce things way too slow, as if you were retarded)

*Guide to reading and writing japanese: I love that book, BUT! It’s a kanji dictionary, you should try it when you’ve already mastered the kana and want to learn how to write kanji.

The other books, I woulnd’t know since I haven’t tried them.

Try getting a dictionary, like Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary, they use romaji & kanji.

Good luck with your japanese learning, Hope this helps ^_^ ~~~!

"The Tag Junior book pal is easy for parents and children to use. Parents can download audio for up to five books to the book pal, then let their toddlers explore. Each Tag Junior board book introduces a different preschool skill – such as the alphabet, counting or social play – through 24 playful activities and more than 130 audio responses.* Open-ended questions and fun sound effects encourage children to take charge, as they touch any part of any page to bring words, pictures or activities to life. After their child has played, parents can connect the book pal to the online LeapFrog® Learning Path to see their child’s progress and get printable activities to expand the learning" http://www.leapfrog.com/en/families/tag_junior/platform/tag_junior_book_pal.html

Do you think it is useful or no? Does your child have one?

This one is geared towards pre-schoolers so it doesn’t teach your child to read. It reinforces things like colors, shapes, animals/sounds, etc. All the books cover different things preschoolers should know. It’s entertaining and educational.

I have bought one for my son already (yeah, I know he’s 22 months and it says 2-4 yrs…lol.) He got it a few months ago and in the beginning he was only interested in the tag electronic thing and not the books. Lately he has been showing more interest in it and it’s great for entertaining him while I’m doing chores.

My cousins daughter (my 2nd cousin once removed? I dunno what she is to me) is over 3 and is enamored with it! Her dad is a SAHD and says she wil sit and play with it all day if she could. It’s not all THAT interesting IMO but kids like strange things.

He does prefer traditional books and me reading to him but this has helped him recognize different things I’ve been teaching him all along. It’s not essential but a cool gadget is basically what I’m saying.

From what I can remember I had this toy in the mid/late 80’s. It was all white, battery powered, and you could set it on your lap. To play it you put 1 of many different childrens books in the holder and also put the corresponding audio tape into the casette player to that book. You hit play on the audio tape and turned the pages as directed. Occasionally you would be prompted to hit one of the few multicolored colored buttons on the bottom of the machine to answer a question or make a choice as to where to go next in the book. Could someone please tell me the name of this toy?
*** It didn’t look like a robot it looked more like a white rectangular laptop with big multicolored buttons on it and a tapedeck

Did it look like a little robot? I had a 2XL that did that. Mine was the 8-track version, though. Later they came out with one that played cassette tapes.

My wife had a children’s book when she was a kid (early ’80’s) that came with an audio tape where an alien named Frumph (not sure if that is even the right spelling) came to Earth and helped Santa deliver presents. I have never heard of this book, and I have searched the net and cannot find this thing anywhere. Any help obtaining a copy would be much appreciated. Thanks!

This must be

The story of Phroomf
Rosina Diva; Pat Sauter
1986
English Sound Recording : Non-music : Fiction : Cassette tape 1 sound cassette (ca. 11 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips. + 1 book ([32] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.)
Denver, CO : Optimum Manufacturing,
Descriptor: Christmas stories.
Stories in rhyme.
Note(s): Copyright date from book./ Cassette sides A/B are the same and have turn-the-page signals./ Music score included in book. Words and music by Rosina Diva and Frank David Serritella./ Participants: Ed Ames.
Class Descriptors: Dewey: [Fic]
Responsibility: narrated by Ed Ames ; written by Rosina Diva ; [illustrated by Pat Sauter ; musical arrangements, orchestration and musical concepts by Ron Donath ; produced by John Vanelli].

Here’s the book (no cassette) for sale: http://www.amazon.com/story-Phroomf-Rosina-Diva/dp/B00071FQ92/?tag=24680e-20

Added: I found a record for sale here, but it says it’s about a pixie, and there’s a picture of the little guy: http://cgi.ebay.com/PHROOMF-45-Rosina-Diva-The-Christmas-Pixie_W0QQitemZ170099397879QQihZ007QQcategoryZ306QQcmdZViewItem

A few months ago I got hooked on Anime which, like a lot of people, inspired me to start learning Japanese.

Although I’m listening to some interactive audio tapes, I don’t have a real person to converse with, and I’m not confident enough to go out and find one yet. So I reasoned that if I could build up my reading then my vocabulary and grammar would improve and I could find a pen-pal or something.

I considered getting some Japanese children’s books, since they use mostly Kana script. Then I read somewhere that most manga have Furigana with the Kanji, so that as long as I finish studying Katakana and Hiragana I should be able to start there.

I just ordered a good English-Japanese dictionary.

Here is a link to the anime that I like.
http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Timothious

"momo tarou" and "kaguya hime" are nice !!

Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961, to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham. His parents met while attending the University of Hawaii, where his father was enrolled as a foreign student. His mother was from heartland-of-the-U.S. Kansas, and his father from Kenya. Barack’s parents eventually divorced, and after his mother remarried, he lived in Indonesia for a time before returning to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. He later moved to New York, where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983.

True to the values of empathy and service that his mother instilled in him, Barack put law school on hold after college and moved to Chicago, where he became a community organizer with a church-based group that was dedicated to improving living conditions in poor neighborhoods. For example, helping poor people work with service agencies to get their plumbing and heating fixed and to find jobs for unemployed. It was here that he realized it would take changes in our laws and politics to truly improve the lives of the people in these impoverished neighborhoods. A little known but impressive fact is that when Barack applied to Harvard Law School, he did not even indicate his race on his Harvard application.

Barack earned his law degree from Harvard in 1991, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. He then returned to Chicago to practice as a civil rights lawyer and teach constitutional law. His advocacy work led him to run for the Illinois State Senate, where he served for eight years beginning in 1996. While in the Illinois State Senate, Barack served as chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Committee. In 2004, well into his U.S. Senate campaign, Barack wrote and delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, and became a rising star in U.S. politics. A few months later, he was elected to the U.S. Senate with a landslide 70% of the vote. Four months into his senate career, Time magazine named him "one of the world’s most influential people," calling him "one of the most admired politicians in America." Barack formally announced his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election in Springfield, Illinois on February 10, 2007.

Barack is also an accomplished author. His 1995 book, Dreams from My Father, is a memoir of his youth and early career. The book was reprinted in 2004 with a new preface and an annex containing the text of his 2004 Democratic Convention keynote speech. The audio book edition earned Barack the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.

In December 2004, Barack signed a contract to write three more books. The first, The Audacity of Hope, was published in October 2006. The book has remained at or near the top of the New York Times Best Seller list since its publication. It was also the theme of his 2004 keynote address. The second book will be a children’s book to be co-written with his wife Michelle and their two daughters, with profits going to charity. The content of the third book has yet to be announced.

In August 2008, Barack was nominated by the Democratic party as their candidate to be President of the United States. Barack selected long-time and well-respected U.S. Senator Joe Biden as his running mate.

Wow – what is this? A Book Report about the virtues of Obama? Are you trying to convince those of us who didn’t want this guy in the White House that he should be there?

We don’t like this guy because he is trying to turn us into a socialist country. He has an agenda to bring about the New World Order (and so did Bush). He lies about so many things, and then pats himself on the back and gives himself a B+ for his time in office. All you gotta do it check out some of the things he has said IN HIS OWN WORDS to know this guy is someone we don’t want in the WHITE HOUSE. Just go to youtube…….tons of videos to check out.

Truly, the only great thing he has done so far as president was to give the OKAY for the navy seals to kill the pirates who were holding one of our ship captains hostage.

This man has never had a real job. He was a community organizer before he got into politics. He has surrounded himself with czars who don’t have to answer to anyone but himself. These people are crazy, left-wing loons who are self-avowed communists, marxists, socialists, etc. One of these crazy people even stated how much they look up to Mao Tse Tung! These people have an AGENDA to destroy the country as we know it.

YOU ALL BETTER WAKE UP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!

My oldest children, ages 3 and 5, are really big into medieval times right now. I’d like to find a movie, audio book, or story book geared towards kids for them, but I’m having a hard time. I found ‘A Kid in King Arthur’s Court’ and put it in my Netflix queue, but I would still like to find more. Suggestions?

Quest For Camelot
The Sword in the Stone
The Flight of Dragons
The Princess Bride
Eragon

The book is about The Cheese People living in Wensleydale Vale (www.cheesepeople.co.uk) it is well illustrated and is written in rhyme. There are 40 different cheese people characters and they all have different cheese personalities. The book is written to appeal to children and parents and so far there are over 20 different story lines. The first book details all about 30 of The Cheese People and tells 4 stories, but there are lots more on the way!!
Charlie Cheshire, one of the main characters also writes a News Blog (www.cheesepeople.co.uk/blog) updated every Mon to Fri) about what is going on in Wensleydale Vale. It’s a mini series and is in written and audio format.
I have written to 30 literary agents and publishers, am writing to 30 more and would really appreciate any ideas anyone may have for getting published.
Many thanks

is this a joke? Cheese people? Mind you it sounds like the kind of stuff that really takes off and makes an author a millionaire over night.

Or it might not.

Pick a cheese that’s not a rip off of Wallace and Gromit, you could get into trouble for that. How about the Cheddar people? Cheddar is under-rated. the forgotten cheese…

Good luck anyway.