Don’t miss our special summer sale! From now through August 25, Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen Deluxe Streaming Edition is 15% off. That’s $67.95 instead of the usual $79.95. Go here for details and to order. (Select “Deluxe book w/streaming audio” from the dropdown menu.)
Perfect timing for the upcoming academic semester! Plan in advance and save money.
The lower price is available on PaulMeier.com and also applies to the iTunes ebook (Apple Book) version but is not available on Amazon. However, if you’re a Prime member, Amazon still might be a better bargain because you pay nothing for shipping. In addition, if you’re outside the United States, your own country’s Amazon might be the best option.
If you’re a professor or instructor, YOU GET THE 15% ACADEMIC DISCOUNT ON TOP OF THIS SALE if you order five or more copies by August 25 – just $57.76 per copy! And students, pool your money, place an order for five books, and get the academic discount too. E-mail Paul at paul@paulmeier.com for details BEFORE ordering.
This month’s 
Thank you, Love Your Shorts Film Festival, for a fun weekend. The fest was held February 13-16 in Sanford, Florida, and for the second year in a row Paul Meier Dialect Services and the International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) were sponsors. And PMDS Vice President Cameron Meier was in attendance to discuss accents and dialects.
What better way to get in the holiday spirit than by listening to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. And don’t forget that Paul’s reading of the entire first edition is free to stream through January 3. 
With podcasts all the rage in recent years, you might be asking yourself whether you’d make a good podcast guest. Or if you frequently appear on podcasts, perhaps you’d like to improve your performance? That’s the focus of voice and singing coach Jeremy Fisher’s new book, Just How Boring Are You? 
Please note that the discount is not available on Amazon. However, if you are outside the United States, you might find it cheaper to order the book through your own country’s Amazon, such as 
They play clips from songs ranging from the first decade of the 20th century to today, analyzing the singers’ dialects. In many instances, singers’ dialects don’t match their speaking voices, while, at other times, the singers use dialect to either make a cultural statement or embrace their own regional dialects.
Ever wonder how loud a person can get? It was that wondering that inspired this month’s episode of Paul’s 
Paul Meier Dialect Services and the International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) are proud to sponsor this year’s Love Your Shorts Film Festival in Sanford, Florida. 
This month’s episode of Paul’s podcast, 
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate,” Shakespeare wrote in Sonnet 18. Though not quite as lovely as Shakespeare himself (or the Fair Youth he was addressing in the sonnet), Paul’s first 
For the first time ever, Paul is offering a summer sale on his popular dialect/accent recordings for plays and musicals. Normally priced at $349 for an entire play/musical, the recordings have been reduced by $100. So that’s just $249 for the dialect/accent design for an entire production, delivered via streaming sound files. The sale runs through July 31 and includes complimentary copies of the appropriate accent/dialect ebook. 
