Last year, the illusionist and author Penn Jillette, after tweeting some exceedingly kind words about my book The Rest Is Noise, complained that my audio guide didn't work on the iPad. It took me an entire year to get around to addressing the issue, but I've finally prepared alternate versions of the guides for both The Rest Is Noise and Listen to This. These should work on iPads, iPhones, and other devices that don't use flash; they should also work on most Safari browsers. (The Firefox browser, for some reason, still rejects the HTML5 audio player.) Many thanks to Dan Johnson for helping to track down various dead links, de-YouTubed videos, and other problem areas. The American paperback of Listen to This arrives on Oct. 25, with a new cover adapted from the UK hardback. The UK paperback, meanwhile, will look like this.
