ElevenLabs has launched a new tool named Projects which is designed to transform content in written form such as books or scripts into audiobooks and podcasts, the website TestingCatalog reported. It is a comprehensive new feature having almost all that anyone would need to convert texts into audio files. It can decipher content in various formats such as ePUB, TXT, PDF, and … [Read more...] about ElevenLabs Offers Enhanced Audiobook Creation Options
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Scribd is discontinuing its unlimited subscription model
Scribd has announced that it is pivoting away from the unlimited subscription model and moving to a credit-based system for their Everand reading platform in the United States. International expansion is slated for early 2025. This change will provide users with access to bestselling titles found on the New York Times bestseller list, and the Big 5 Publishers will … [Read more...] about Scribd is discontinuing its unlimited subscription model
Spotify Introduces Audiobooks Hub Having Fear Index
We are fast approaching the Halloween season. It's that time of the year when the air is light and crisp while people take to various types of mischief. That is because it is also when the eerie and the enchanting come together to create a strange mix of things that is as thrilling as is fun. Spotify is out to add some special zing to the season with the new ‘Spine-Chilling … [Read more...] about Spotify Introduces Audiobooks Hub Having Fear Index
Audiobook sales have finally surpassed e-books
Digital book sales in the United States have been strong since the summer. In August 2024, e-book revenues were up 6.1%, generating 90.4 million dollars. Year-to-date e-book revenues were up 3.5% compared to the first eight months of 2023, for $687.4 million. It is good to know that people are reading digitally again, whether on their Kindle, Kobo, Nook e-readers … [Read more...] about Audiobook sales have finally surpassed e-books
Spotify Audiobooks launch in France, Belgium and Netherlands
Spotify is a relative newcomer to the digital audiobook space, eclipsed by Audible and intentionally via Storytel. However, Spotify is trying to expand internationally and sell more audiobooks. Spotify has just announced that it has expanded into France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These new countries will now have access to audiobooks, which include exciting work … [Read more...] about Spotify Audiobooks launch in France, Belgium and Netherlands
New Bookfab AI AudioBook Creator Allows for Creating Audiobooks
With audiobooks getting ever so popular, it is often hard to get as many audiobooks published using real human voice actors. That has to do with the time and cost involved in producing audiobooks using human voice. AI-based artificial human voice cuts both time and cost to produce new audiobooks. Take for instance the new ‘Bookfab AI AudioBook Creator’ from DVDFab which will … [Read more...] about New Bookfab AI AudioBook Creator Allows for Creating Audiobooks
New LG Service Will Read Stories to Kids Using AI Cloned Voice of Parents
LG U+ is all set to launch a new service that will read aloud stories to children using voice clones of their parents, Korea IT Times reported. This is going to be done using LG's own AI 'ixi' and will form part of the 'Dreaming AI Audio Book' beta service that LG U+ kids' specific platform 'Children's Country' has launched. The working principle is simple; parents will have … [Read more...] about New LG Service Will Read Stories to Kids Using AI Cloned Voice of Parents
Embracing diversity in Literature: E-Readers and Audiobooks
Before Louis Braille developed the tactile braille system, the most common method of teaching blind students to read was through raised or embossed letter systems. The modern system, called Braille, is similar and consists of raised dots that can be read with the fingertips. Helen Keller used block printing to write her first letter as this was an easy method for creating … [Read more...] about Embracing diversity in Literature: E-Readers and Audiobooks
Audible 3 month promotion works with a lapsed subscription
Audible tends to run a lot of promotions for their audiobook platform. However, many are aimed at new customers who have never signed up. The latest Audible Premium Plus trial is three months long and applies to people who had a prior subscription and cancelled it. Anyone can sign up in the US for 0.99. You have to purchase the subscription directly through Amazon. The … [Read more...] about Audible 3 month promotion works with a lapsed subscription
Enjoy Three Months of Audible Subscription For Just $3
Amazon offers the Audible Premium Plus subscription which is one of the best things hardcore audiobook fans can have. It clearly is one of the biggest collections of audiobooks anyone can have. At $14.95 a month, it also is quite reasonably priced as well. Members are also entitled to 1 credit every month which can be used to purchase any audiobook you want. The audiobook you … [Read more...] about Enjoy Three Months of Audible Subscription For Just $3