Sunday, October 19, 2025

New Puzzle: Be Bold. Be Brave.

Be Bold. Be Brave. Jigsaw Puzzle
Hint.
Here's you new Sunday jigsaw puzzle.
 
Remember at the puzzle site to click the square in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.
 
Okay folks. This one is tough.
 
To do the puzzle tootle over to Be Bold. Be Brave. 

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Free to Watch Classic Mystery Movie: Meet Nero Wolfe

See you tomorrow.
To go along with yesterday's Nero Wolfe story Panzer found this movie on the evanlewis1836 channel on Youtube.
 
Meet Nero Wolfe is a 1936 black and white movie based on the Rex Stout book Fer-de-lance. It's 1 hour 11 minutes long.
 
Make some popcorn, grab your favorite beverage and enjoy the movie.
 
To watch the movie tootle over to Mystery Movie Meet Nero Wolfe 

Free to Listen Cowboy Romance Audiobook:The Cowboy's Secret Baby

cowboy sweet romance audiobook
I'll see what else is out there.
Here's a clean romance Panzer found on the Say With Jay channel on Youtube. 
 
The sweet romance The Cowboy's Secret Baby is written by Jessie Gussman. It's narrated by Jay Dyess and 6 hours 55 minutes long.
 
You can enjoy this audiobook while you do yardwork, do errands or go jogging.
 
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Cowboy Romance 
 
 

Friday, October 17, 2025

Free to Listen BBC Radio Drama - White Night

Ann Cleves murder mystery BBC Radio Drama
One of my favorite authors.
Panzer found this BBC Radio mystery drama on the Arch Phoenix Stanton channel on Youtube.
 
The White Night is an Ann Cleeves murder mystery that was broadcast in July 2011. It's 55 minutes long.
 
Enjoy!
 
To listen to the broadcast tootle over to Ann Cleves BBC Radio Drama 

Free to Listen Mystery Audiobook: Nero Wolfe - Silver Spire

Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe. Not your usual hero.
If you're a fan of the classic detectives, Panzer found this 1992 mystery on the Great Books on Tape channel on Youtube.
 
Nero Wolfe - Silver Spire was written by Robert Goldsborough. It's read by Michael Murphy and 2 hours 52 minutes long.
 
Note: This is an abridged version. It does have ads.
 
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Nero Wolfe 

Free to Listen Mail Order Bride Romance - The Frozen Kiss

Where ever you go on Youtube there are ads.
If you like your romance clean, Panzer found this one on the author's channel on Youtube.
 
The Frozen Kiss is written by Emma Ashwood. It's 1 hour 45 minutes long.
 
You can listen to this romance while you're doing yardwork or errands.
 
Note: There are ads. 
 
To llisten to the audiobook tootle over to Mail Order Bride Romance 

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Follett Content, Mackin Enter the Public Library Market - Publishers Weekly

Follett Content, Mackin
Let's hope it goes better than the other one did.
Panzer made a trip to the Publishers Weekly site today. There he found a post about the public library market.
 
According to Jim Milliot's post, Follett Content and Mackin plan to move into Baker and Taylor's public library supply market. (Panzer told you when ReaderList was going to acquire Baker and Taylor, but then didn't.) Several links to other information are included in the post.
 
Panzer says, "Somebody has to take over getting books to libraries."
 
Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and two chocolate chip cookies (biscuits) for today's snack.
 
To read the post tootle over to Follett-Content and Mackin 
To read Panzer's previous post tootle over to Baker and Taylor Shut Down 

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Frankfurt White Paper: AI Tools' Potential Benefits, Challenges - Publishing Perspectives

AI Tools for audiobooks and translations
I earned this today.
On his way back home in the Catosphere Panzer made a stop at the Publishing Perspectives site. With only a little digging in the posts, he found one about AI and audiobooks.
 
Erin L. Cox's post is an indepth look at a white paper about AI and it's use in generating audiobooks and translations in the publishing world. The post contains a link to the white paper.
 
Panzer says, "It's an interesting subject."
 
Note: This is a very long post. You'll need to decide what you want to bring to snack on.
 
To read the post tootle over to AI Tools 

Publishing Sales Hit a Wall in July - Publishers Weekly

Declining book sales in July
I wonder what the problem was.
Today, Panzer made a stop at the Publishers Weekly site. There he found a post about the dismal book sales in July.
 
According to Jim Milliot's post, all sections of the book market sales were down in July compared to last year. The post includes graphs demonstrating the declines.
 
Panzer says, "This is not good news for writers if their books aren't selling."
 
Note: This is a short-medium length post.Bring a cup of tea and three chocolate chip cookies (biscuits) to snack on.
 
To read the post tootle over to  Publishing Sales

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Killer Nashville Magazine - September/October Issue Additions

Killer Nashville Magazine September/October issue additions
Interesting new features.
Tootling around in the Catosphere, Panzer made a stop at the Killer Nashville Magazine site. There he found more features from the September/October issue have been released.
 
More articles, poems, short stories and flash fiction are available online.
 
To read the new material tootle over to Killer Nashville Magazine 

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