Authored by: lbohen on Monday, January 23 2006 @ 02:22 PM EST

Hi Bryan; What is your Masters in?

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Larry Bohen - Audiobooks Online
www.audiobooksonline.com

Authored by: Bryan on Monday, January 23 2006 @ 09:09 PM EST

Hi Larry,

The Masters is in Mass Communications: The Role of Localized Information Distribution.

I am concerned with the loss of "local" media throughout the country. I created this site as a way to ensure the continuance of communication from a hyper-local perspective.

Tell me a bit about your business.

-Bryan

Authored by: lbohen on Tuesday, January 24 2006 @ 05:33 AM EST

Regarding our business (Audiobooks Online), my wife, a few employees and I operate a Web-based audio book mail-order store and ship world-wide from our home property on Hinesburg Road.

After retiring from IBM in 1993, I was visiting an elderly friend (Howard Schroeder on Esplanade Street) who, because of failing eyesight, was listening to audiobooks he had received from the Library system. I didn't realize it, but the seeds of my future Web business were sown that day.

Too young and energetic to really retire, I searched for something to do. I viewed the Web as a cost effectiveness and earth-friendly way of doing business worldwide (no expensive, static printed catalogs to maintain and mail). Being a closet-entrepreneur for most of my life, I decided to sell audiobooks on the Web and in mid-1994 our first Web store went live.

Our business has grown with our ability to create and manage a Web store, our capability to keep customers satisfied with good prices and service and with the growth of the Web as a shopping venue.

I share your concern about the loss of local media and am excited about the possibilities of a Web site like myrichmonvt.com. Myrichmondvt.com gives local citizens an opportunity to communicate, share ideas, and learn from one another. The challenge is to get folks to visit here often and to use this medium.

Is there a feature of myrichmondvt.com that would email me whenever a new post is made and/or a reply to a post that I made?

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Larry Bohen - Audiobooks Online
www.audiobooksonline.com