Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment in digital publishing and are a billion dollar industry. There are no shortage of services that allow authors to outsource the production and narration to other companies such as the Audiobook Creation Exchange, Findaway Voices, ListenUp Audiobooks but it will cost almost $1,000 to have one developed. There are numerous tools available … [Read more...] about How to Self-Publish an Audiobook – The Best PC Apps
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Google Audiobooks Unveils a Slew of New Features
Google Audiobooks launched a few months ago to compete against Apple and Audible. Today Google has implemented a few updates to make it even easier to enjoy a great book, whether you like to listen on the go with your phone or at home with the Google Assistant on Google Home. Never lose your place with Smart Resume. Interruptions happen all the time, and sometimes you need … [Read more...] about Google Audiobooks Unveils a Slew of New Features
Scammers are Selling Audible Accounts with Tons of Credits
There is a new scam that has popped up on Ebay in the last several months, which takes advantage of Audible audiobook credits. Users are selling individual accounts ranging from 2 credits for a few dollars to 36 credits for $38. Last year Audible closed a loophole that prevented users from buying accounts with lots of credits and gifting them to their main account. Here is … [Read more...] about Scammers are Selling Audible Accounts with Tons of Credits
The New Smashwords Audiobook Platform is a Joke
Smashwords has garnered at tremendous amount of media attention with the announcement that self-published authors can have audiobooks generated for them via Findaway Voices. This is not really newsworthy because all Smashwords does is redirect authors to the Findaway platform and Smashwords merely earns a commission for every author who pays Findaway to have an audiobook … [Read more...] about The New Smashwords Audiobook Platform is a Joke
Here are the Audiobook of the Year Finalists
The Audiobook Publishers Association runs the Audie Awards, which are dispensed to a number of notable titles in different categories. The most important one is Audiobook of the Year because every single one of them is a solid listen for people looking to discover new authors and narrators. Each nominated title is distinguished by excellence in production as well as its ability … [Read more...] about Here are the Audiobook of the Year Finalists
Recorded Books has incorporated streaming video in their RBDIGITAL App
Recorded Books has just launched a new streaming video service that is available for libraries that do business with them. It provides unlimited viewing of shows made possible through an innovative, new pricing model for libraries. With the new streaming video service, library patrons can binge-watch videos the same way they do on subscription streaming video services like … [Read more...] about Recorded Books has incorporated streaming video in their RBDIGITAL App
Hachette is betting that people will listen to audiobooks on Vinyl
Hachette is getting really bullish on vinyl and they intend on launching dozens of titles in 2018. The first titles announced are Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter’s 2016 book Hamilton: The Revolution, Miranda and McCarter; Amanda Palmer’s 2015 effort The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help, Dennis McNally’s 2015 book Jerry on Jerry: The … [Read more...] about Hachette is betting that people will listen to audiobooks on Vinyl
Amazon Echo Speaker will now play your first Audible Audiobook for Free
The Amazon Echo line of smart speakers have just gained the ability to read aloud your first free audiobook from Audible. There are over 400,000 titles to choose from and you do not need a Prime account or a subscription to Audible. To get started, just say, "Alexa, read me ..." and the title you want to hear. There are two caveats. First, you need to be completely new to … [Read more...] about Amazon Echo Speaker will now play your first Audible Audiobook for Free
New Report Proclaims Audiobook and eBook Usage is on the rise
A new report by Pew has proclaimed that ebook and audiobook usage is on the rise. One in five US adults have listened in an audiobook last year and one in four has read an ebook. Print books remain the most popular format for reading, with 67% of Americans having read a print book in the past year. While the sheer amount of e-book readers are similar to those from a survey … [Read more...] about New Report Proclaims Audiobook and eBook Usage is on the rise
Audible Audiobooks Will Return to Sonos Speakers
Amazon and Sonos worked out an agreement to bring Alexa to modern Sonos speakers, but it was interesting to see that audiobooks were incompatible. This has all changed today when Sonos announced that you can once again listen to Audible audiobooks on their speakers sometime in the next few weeks. Sonos removed support for Audible from its speakers two years ago and wants … [Read more...] about Audible Audiobooks Will Return to Sonos Speakers