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Recorded Books, the world's leading publisher of unabridged audiobooks, has launched a product line of third-party video games and equipment for sale to public libraries. First releases include Wii Sports Resort, Beatles Rock Band, Madden NFL 10, Guitar Hero 5, Star Wars-Clones, and Need for Speed Shift. For copies of Recorded Books' monthly gaming newsletter and for more info, visit www.recordedbooks.com or call 877-732-2898.

In December, Tantor Media will publish James Hansen's Storms of My Grandchildren: The Uncensored Scientific Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance To Save Humanity in multiple audio formats (CD, MP3-CD, Playaway digital, and digital download) simultaneous with the publication of the Bloomsbury hardcover (100,000-copy first printing). More info at www.tantor.com.

On October 13, fantasy author Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) launched the world's first audiobook to be generated via Twitter with these words: "Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, 'We don't love you anymore.'" A forthcoming BBC Audiobooks America title will begin with that sentence and include the next 1000 tweets by contest participants. It will release before the holidays as an hour-long downloadable product (narrator TBA as of press time) available for free at www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/trade as well as through iTunes and other audiobook retailers. Read the full story at www.libraryjournal.com.

iMinds (www.iminds.com) commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall this month with a collection of six eight-minute-long MP3 tracks released through its fledgling MindTracks audio line: Rise of the Berlin Wall, East Germany, The Iron Curtain, Crossing the Berlin Wall, The Fall of the Berlin Wall, and German Reunification. The tracks are available individually (99¢) or as a set of six ($3.99) exclusively through Audible and iTunes.