RIP: The Cassette Tape

Records. 8-Tracks. Laser discs. As technology marches on, the accessories constantly evolve. Remember cassette tapes? Neither do most people…unless you’re a lover of books on tape. But now even audio-novels have evolved into books on CD. What does this mean for those beloved little plastic and ribbon beasts? The New York Times was present at a funeral for the hard-working but outdated cassette tape, held at Hachette Publishing. The cassette tape is survived by its older brother, the compact disc, who himself has not been looking well ever since the advent of MP3s.

Read the full article on the New York Times HERE.

Do you have a novel you’d like to one day become a book on tape…er, CD…um, downloaded/read on Kindle/beamed directly into readers’ brains?  Why not take the first step towards glory by sending a query letter to a fiction publisher like Overlook Press? Your words. Their eyeballs. They should meet. WordHustler wants to help! Yay!