Simply Audiobooks Announces Intelligent Content Partnership with Chautauqua Institution’s Great Lecture Library

Recognizing the importance of life-long learning, Simply Audiobooks has partnered with the famed Chautauqua Institution to offer its members hundreds of lectures and sermons from the great luminaries of our time. Noted orators like Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., Dr. Jane Goodall and Roger Rosenblatt will inspire and educate members, allowing them to embark on a journey of self-development.

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) October 26, 2005 -- Simply Audiobooks, North America’s top source for audio books, announced today it has partnered with the Chautauqua Institution and Digitell Inc. to provide recorded lectures and sermons from many of the world’s most talented and respected minds.

The content partnership allows Simply Audiobooks members to rent live recordings of lectures and sermons delivered at the distinguished Chautauqua Institution, an internationally renowned center for education, the arts, religion and recreation, founded on the belief that everyone has a right to be all that he can be - to know all that he can know.

“We are honoured to be partnering with such a reputable educational body as the Chautauqua Institution,” said Steve Sorge, COO of Simply Audiobooks. “In providing our members with access to the rich quality of education presented at Chautauqua, we are giving them the opportunity to engage in life-long learning.”

Produced and digitally mastered by Digitell Inc., a leading archive solutions provider, the audio recordings are taken from the Great Lecture Library, a comprehensive online library comprised of more than 1,200 lectures and sermons. The Library encompasses 45 major categories of interest, including art, business, history, religion, government, healthcare, the environment, family and ethics.

“Chautauqua Institution is delighted that Simply Audiobooks will be making our lectures available to its members,” said Michael Sullivan, Director of Institution Relations. “The Chautauqua lecture platform is central to Chautauqua’s mission to be a resource for the enriched understanding of the opportunities and obligations of community, family and personal life by fostering the sharing of varied cultural, educational, religious and recreational experience in an atmosphere of participation by persons of all ages and backgrounds. Our partnership with Digitell and Simply Audiobooks furthers that mission,” said Sullivan.

Jim Parker, president of Digitell, who has been producing Chautauqua’s lectures in audio format for 20 years said: "This educational collection of lectures will be an outstanding addition to Simply Audiobooks’ existing content. We are providing their members with the ability to educate themselves while they are doing other things, like driving in traffic or working out.”

Among the 275 selections now available through Simply Audiobooks’ unlimited audio book online rental service are Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., Dr. Jane Goodall and Roger Rosenblatt.

About Simply Audiobooks

Simply Audiobooks is North America's top audio book source, offering direct sales and unlimited rentals online. Launched in 2003, the company was the first to provide an unlimited rental model for audio books on CD, with free direct-to-door delivery and no due dates or late fees. Simply Audiobooks also sells audio books on tape and CD, with thousands of titles in multiple genres, including fiction, non-fiction, business, spiritual, classic and children's literature. The company has offices in Toronto, Buffalo and Las Vegas. For more information visit www.simplyaudiobooks.com.

About Chautauqua Institution

The Chautauqua Institution is a not-for-profit organization that serves as a community, a center, and a resource where the human spirit is renewed, minds stimulated, faith restored and the arts valued. It has performance venues, hotel, golf, tennis, and educational and recreational facilities. For more information visit www.chautauqua-inst.org.

About Digitell Inc.

Digitell, Inc. is a leader in conference recording and CD-ROM/Web product development. The company specializes in producing multimedia educational content and currently offers its clients cutting edge products for educational retention, non-dues revenue generation and promotion and marketing applications. For more information visit www.digitellinc.com.

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