promoting listening

There is a need to actively promote audiobooks.
Pam Spencer Holleyat  Booksontape.com lists the Top Ten Educational Benefits of Audiobook Listening 
Pam is the Past President, YALSA (ALA's Young Adult Library Service Association)
Look around. Teens everywhere seem to have headphones on or in their ears. This fact, together with studies showing a positive correlation between listening to audiobooks and reading improvement, is leading teachers and librarians to use audiobooks in their classrooms and libraries. With this increase in audiobook usage, I reviewed the literature (various articles, presentations, and conversations) to compile a list of the reasons why teen listening is important, beyond just the enjoyment factor. Here is that list: 

1.  Removes any stigma of lower reading levels or "uncool" genres
2. Increases vocabulary skills
3. Improves speaking and writing skills 
4. Introduces storytelling, an important tradition in human history
5. Engages imagination by allowing students to create mental images of the story
6. mproves listening skills — essential in this multimedia world
7. Makes mundane yet necessary tasks (exercising, dishwashing, room cleaning) more tolerable
8. Keeps students informed of popular books or latest releases from favorite authors
9. Improves ability to multi-task and complete assignments simultaneously
10. Listening is an important step for becoming a life-long reader

Mary Burkey in "Booklist" magazine makes these suggestions for titles with adult and youth appeal for summer listening. Mystery is the preferred choice of 47% of all audiobook listeners.
Check out:
Alexander McCall's The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case (Listening Library)
Gertrude Chandler Warner's Boxcar Children series - Bicycle Mystery: The Boxcar Children (Oasis Audio)
Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (Live Oak Media)
Charlie Higson's Blood Fever & Death Cloud (Listening Library)
Nancy Springer's The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye
Maryrose Wood's The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series (Listening Library)
Matthew J. Kirby's Icefall (Scholastic)
Libba Bray's The Diviners (Listening Library)
Barry Lyga's I Hunt Killers (AudioGO)
Elizabeth Wein Code Name Verity (Brilliance/Bolinda)
Adult titles to share with teens..
Robin Sloan"s Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (McMillan)
Steve Hamilton's The Lock Artist (Brilliance)
Alan Bradley's Speaking from among the Bones (Books on Tape)
The website Sync YA Listening audiobooksync.com offers two free weekly downloads throughout the summer. A teen title is paired with a classic.
Example Rotters by Daniel Kraus coupled with Frankenstein by Mary Shelley