Audible is trying to win over new customers who want to listen to audiobooks. Amazon is offering a very compelling subscription. Eligible Amazon Prime Members can sign up to get three months of Audible Premium Plus for just $0.99/month — which means you’ll get one audiobook of your choice for $1 every month for three months. Whatever audiobook you spend the credit on is yours … [Read more...] about Audible is offering offering 3 month subscription for $3
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Authors Coming Back From the Dead to Narrate Their Stories
Authors returning from the dead and narrating their literary creations might seem like chasing a pipe dream even some time ago, but not quite so, thanks to the power of modern-day advanced AI technologies. As the Daily Mail reported, the key to making that possible is the voice samples such authors might have left behind, which in turn is enough for AI to recreate those voices … [Read more...] about Authors Coming Back From the Dead to Narrate Their Stories
Spotify for Authors gives Insights and Analytics on Audiobooks
Spotify for Authors is a new system that provides publishers and authors with insights and analytics to help them better understand their audiences and catalogue consumption on Spotify. The platform also offers promotional tools to help publishers enhance their presence on Spotify and expand their listener bases. Spotify for Authors replaces Spotify for Artists and Spotify for … [Read more...] about Spotify for Authors gives Insights and Analytics on Audiobooks
Audiobooks Gaining Strong Foothold in China
The audiobook segment in China is booming, experiencing significant growth in recent times, PublishersWeekly reported citing a white paper published recently by Xinhua News Agency. As per the report, the segment grew from 1.96 billion yuan in 2015 to more than 10 billion yuan in 2023. It is 8.8 audiobooks that the average Chinese consumers listened to last year, which betters … [Read more...] about Audiobooks Gaining Strong Foothold in China
Dolly Parton and Barbra Streisand Audiobooks are GRAMMY Award Nominees
Dolly Parton’s Behind the Seams and Barbra Streisand’s My Name Is Barbra, both read by the authors and published by Penguin Random House Audio, have earned 2025 Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording GRAMMY® Award nominations. Penguin Random House Audio titles have previously earned 19 GRAMMYs, including the 2024 Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling … [Read more...] about Dolly Parton and Barbra Streisand Audiobooks are GRAMMY Award Nominees
Spotify Getting Bigger and Better With New Audiobook Addition
The Spotify audiobook library suddenly has a fresh influx of new audiobooks thanks to a new deal it has inked with Bloomsbury, the company revealed. It is more than a thousand titles that are going to be added to Spotify, with some that might already be available as of now. This makes for a significant development in Spotify's ambition to emerge as a prominent player in the … [Read more...] about Spotify Getting Bigger and Better With New Audiobook Addition
eBook revenues were up 4.0% in September 2024
eBook revenues were up 4.0% for the month compared to September 2023 for $90.5 million. Year-to-date eBook revenues were up 3.6% compared to the first nine months of 2023 for $777.9 million. In prior years, eBook revenue declined almost every month, so it is nice to see digital books becoming popular again. Digital audiobook sales were up 28.1% in September, reaching $89.7 … [Read more...] about eBook revenues were up 4.0% in September 2024
Amazon Music Subscribers Now Have Free Access to Audible Audiobooks
From Tuesday onwards, Amazon Music subscribers will have access to the Audible catalogue of over one million audiobooks. However, they can only listen to one audiobook every month. They won't have purchasing rights, and the option to read more audiobooks will require signing up for an Audible plan. The above perk will be in addition to the usual Amazon Music subscription … [Read more...] about Amazon Music Subscribers Now Have Free Access to Audible Audiobooks
Download Thousand of Free Audiobooks on Stuff Your Earbuds Day
You might have heard about Stuff Your Kindle Day. It is when you get the chance to download thousands of e-books for free. But what about audiobooks? It might not be known to many but there also exists an audiobook version of Stuff Your Kindle Day and it is named Stuff Your Earbuds Day. It is that time of the year when thousands of audiobooks are made available for free. The … [Read more...] about Download Thousand of Free Audiobooks on Stuff Your Earbuds Day
Audible and Crayola Partner to Foster Creativity in Children
Audible announced it has entered into a partnership with Crayola to spur creative activities among children based on several of the kids' audiobooks it offers, LicenseGlobal reported. This forms part of Crayola's Campaign for Creativity, wherein Audible listeners will have exclusive access to the Crayola Imagination in Action activity sheets, each based on a children's … [Read more...] about Audible and Crayola Partner to Foster Creativity in Children