Headroom sound production
| Headroom | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1997 |
| Seat | Cologne |
| management | Theresia Singer (Management) |
| Branch | media |
| Website | www.headroom.info |
The Headroom Sound Production GmbH & Co. KG is a German audio book publisher with its own recording studio in Cologne . In addition to its own audio books, it also produces commissioned work for other publishers and various public broadcasters .
history
Headroom was founded in 1997 by Theresia Singer, who previously worked as a sound engineer at WDR . From 1999 she concentrated on her own company and first exhibited at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2000 .
publishing company
The company's own productions are published in various series, including "Adventure & Knowledge", "Rätsel der Erde" and "Astrologie & Leben". The "wegwärts" series won the 2010 German Audiobook Prize in the " Best Publishing Achievement " category . Distribution takes place through several publishing agencies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Well-known authors
- Christian Bärmann
- Oliver Elias
- Sylvia Heinlein
- Reinhold Messner
- Maja Nielsen
- Joscha Remus
- Peter Schwindt
Commissioned work
Headroom produces audio books on behalf of other publishers such as Random House , Gerstenberg Verlag , Verlagsgruppe Oetinger and for public service broadcasters, including Der Hund der Baskervilles based on Arthur Conan Doyle , directed by Bastian Pastewka for WDR.
Awards
- German Audio Book Prize 2007, category "The special radio play" for an adaptation of The Canterville Ghost based on Oscar Wilde .
- German Audio Book Prize 2009, category "Best Children's Audio Book" for an adaptation of The War of the Buttons based on Louis Pergaud .
- German Audio Book Prize 2010, category "Best Publishing Achievement" for the series "wegwärts".
- Best list of the German Record Critics 2nd quarter 2011, category "Child and Youth Recordings" for an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland based on Lewis Carroll .
Web links
- Homepage of the publisher.
Individual evidence
- ↑ About us. ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. headroom.info
- ↑ Among great apes - adventure feature with class. ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. RuhrNachrichten.de, April 15, 2008.
- ↑ German Audiobook Prize 2010 in the category "Best Publishing Achievement" ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. DHP.
- ↑ Distribution. ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. headroom.info
- ↑ Commissioned work. ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. headroom.info
- ↑ German Audiobook Prize 2007 in the category "The Special Audiobook / Music" ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. DHP.
- ↑ German Audiobook Prize 2009 in the category "Best Children's Audiobook" ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. DHP.
- ^ Jobst-Ulrich Brand: German Audio Book Prize: Truffle Hunters and Sound Spies. Focus online, March 11, 2010.
- ↑ Best list 2-2011. German Record Critics, May 15, 2011.
