Just like Amazon’s KDP Select program, which offers authors the opportunity to make their ebooks available for lending in the Kindle Owners Lending Library for far more profit than they would earn in sales alone, Amazon’s spoken entertainment division, Audible, announced its own incentive program. In addition to a full suite of tools for authors to use, Audible will pay … [Read more...] about Audible Announces Its Own Author Incentive Program
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Don Katz from Audible Talks about New Content Models
Dan Katz, the CEO of Audible, was one of the last speakers to take to the stage at the Digital Minds Conference today at the London Book Fair. "One of the biggest challenges facing the company is the is that there is simply not enough audio. Every book worth reading should be available as an audiobook – but 80-90% of frontlist books don’t go to audio. E.g. if a member of … [Read more...] about Don Katz from Audible Talks about New Content Models
AudioBooks.com Launches with 11K+ Digital Editions
There are so many innovative new startups emerging almost daily that consumers have grown accustomed to watching for the beta launches of new companies and tracking their growth. These beta users provide feedback and vital data that can make or break a new company. Sometimes, as in the case of Pottermore, the beta period is so important to the success of the company that it … [Read more...] about AudioBooks.com Launches with 11K+ Digital Editions
Audiobooks the Next Victim in Digital Lending Saga
GoodEReader has been closely watching the ongoing struggles that public and school libraries and their patrons are facing as several major publishers decide exactly where digital content fits into the world of lending. But now, audiobooks are being pulled into the cross hairs. Penguin Group, which announced last year that any books published after November 14 would not be … [Read more...] about Audiobooks the Next Victim in Digital Lending Saga