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Star Wars: Padawan’s Pride Available Exclusively on Audible

It is the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, the epic science…

BookBeat Will Let You Listen to Your Favorite Audiobooks For 90 Days For Free

Here is your chance to listen to your favorite audiobooks for free.…

E-Book revenues were up 5.4% for June 2024

Digital book revenues increased by 5.4% in the United States in June…

Audiobook AI Will Never Replace Human Narrators

AI audiobooks have flooded Audible since the company announced a beta tool…

Amazon Creating AI Voice Replicas of Audible Narrators to Speed Up Audiobook Production

Amazon has hit upon a novel scheme of speeding up audiobook production.…

Google Illuminate might be the future of scholarly journals and articles

Google Illuminate is a groundbreaking program that is currently in its early…

From the Wizarding Archive Makes Audible Debut

From the Wizarding Archive which comprises a collection of essays penned by…

Apple culls 100 Employees from Apple Books and News+ Division

Apple has fired over 100 News+ and Books team employees this week.…

US Publishing Revenue Generated $29.9 Billion for 2023

Publishing revenue in the United States generated 29.9 billion dollars in 2023…

Apple Podcasts now available in a browser

Apple Podcasts is likely the most extensive network for this sort of…

Audible has a new AI-powered search feature

Audible is beginning to roll out a beta test of the first…

Scribd introduces Ask AI Beta feature for audiobook and ebook recommendations

Scribd and Everand have just rolled out a new beta feature called…

AudioUK Seeking Tax Reliefs for Audiobook Segment to Expand in the UK

AudioUK said they are conducting a ‘short and anonymized’ survey to gather…

Audiobook Piracy becoming a major problem

Digital audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment, and in 2023, US revenue rose…

iPhone users in the EU are now able to easily pirate audiobooks and ebooks

Digital piracy on the iPhone is not very prevalent in the United…

Spotify Partners with Ingram to Add More Indie Titles to its Collection

Spotify has announced it has entered into a partnership with Ingram Content…

Audiobooks That Can Stand Toe-to-Toe With Original Paperbacks

Technology has taken us so far that it sometimes feels like we’re…

A Curated Selection of Harry Potter Lore With Never-Heard-Before Backstories to Launch Soon

A specially curated collection of J.K. Rowling’s creative works is going to…
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Ruth Wilson To Narrate ‘His Dark Materials’ Audiobook

Produced and published by Penguin Audio, the third installment in the trilogy…

E-book revenues were up 2.2% in May 2024

Digital book sales in the United States grew for the second time…

Amazon has Incredible Audiobook Giveaway for Prime Members

For a very limited time, Amazon has waived the £7.99 subscription fee…

Audible Introduces New Royalty Model For Authors and Publishers

Amazon announced in a blog post it has come up with a…

Audible’s First-Ever Global Brand Marketing Campaign

Audible Inc., an Amazon company and the creator and provider of audio…