{"id":3676,"date":"2026-07-26T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2026-07-26T16:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:49:16","slug":"audio-book-done-good-abdg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/audio-book-done-good-abdg\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Book Done Good (ABDG)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 30th, 2019 I emailed Brian Ibbott from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coverville.com\">Coverville<\/a><\/em> and asked if he&#8217;d narrate the <em>Timely Persuasion <\/em>audiobook. Who better to read a geeky, pop-culture laden tale where cover songs play a key role? Less than 24 hours later he said yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just shy of seven years, one pandemic, 314 more episodes of Coverville, and a prequel\/sequel\/sidequel\/timequel later here we are!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To call this worth the wait would be an understatement.<sup data-fn=\"1aacd83d-6b9c-410f-bfcb-dfa6ea87e370\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#1aacd83d-6b9c-410f-bfcb-dfa6ea87e370\" id=\"1aacd83d-6b9c-410f-bfcb-dfa6ea87e370-link\">1<\/a><\/sup> It&#8217;s every bit as good as my future self knew it would be, up to and including embracing my penchant for encouraging any-order reading by having the second book recorded first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll get to an overview of those 7 years and my longterm fondness for <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coverville.com\">Coverville<\/a><\/em><\/strong> some other time. (Teaser: Here&#8217;s every <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/page\/2\/?s=coverville\">reference on this blog<\/a>&#8230;) For now, enjoy the audiobook and check out the trailer below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B_DhIYRxSXQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/lbdg\"><strong>Check out Local Boy Done Gone in eBook, Paperback, and now Audio!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FOOTNOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"1aacd83d-6b9c-410f-bfcb-dfa6ea87e370\">What would you call this? Reunion? Secret show? Back where it all began? History repeating? A seven year itch? <a href=\"#1aacd83d-6b9c-410f-bfcb-dfa6ea87e370-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 30th, 2019 I emailed Brian Ibbott from Coverville and asked if he&#8217;d narrate the Timely Persuasion audiobook. Who better to read a geeky, pop-culture laden tale where cover songs play a key role? Less than 24 hours later he said yes. 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