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Amazon Adds Audiobooks to Freetime Unlimited

13 November, 201813 November, 2018Amazon, AudiobookLeave a comment

Before there was Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading, Amazon had Kindle Freetime, a kid-focused subscription service that offered kid-friendly ebooks, apps, and games for a low monthly fee (it's...

RGB, CMYK, and Why Your Printed Handout Has Different Colors From the Digital Source

10 November, 201810 November, 2018PaperOne Comment

You've ordered business cards and other documents from printers before, right? Did you ever wonder why the colors sometimes looked muddy or muted compared to the digital source? No?...

Draft2Digital Adds POD (beta)

30 October, 201830 October, 2018POD, Self-PubLeave a comment

From the D2D blog: Right now we are beta testing our new print on demand (POD) service, finding and eliminating any bugs and technical challenges, and making this a...

Google Home Now Adds Sound Effects to Books Read Aloud

30 October, 201830 October, 2018e-Reading Software, Enhanced eBook2 Comments

Here's a great way to enhance the reading experience, one that I bet Amazon wishes they had launched first. The Google Home team has announced that their smart speaker...

B&N Press Now Offers Print Pre-Orders, ARC Sales

11 October, 201811 October, 2018Barnes & Noble, POD, Self-PubOne Comment

Whatever subcontractor is now running B&N Press on behalf of Barnes & Noble sure is doing a bang up job. They just announced a bevy of new features, including: Print...

Nate’s Big List of Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Podcasts

23 September, 201810 December, 2018Podcast, Self-Pub12 Comments

What do you call a group of 3 or more adults under 40? (a podcast) Podcasts are now so widespread that they inspired me to write the above joke,...

The Audible App Arrives on Apple’s Apple Watch

20 September, 201820 September, 2018Audiobook, e-Reading Software15 Comments

When you tire of talking to the many gadgets Amazon launched today, you can have your watch talk to you. Audible released a new version of its app today, at...

Are POD Publishers Pirating Your Book on Amazon?

18 September, 201819 September, 2018Piracy, POD4 Comments

While programs like Google Books are performing a great public service by scanning rare public domain books and making them available, sometimes in-copyright books are also scanned and inadvertently...

Audible Now Gives Subscribers Two Free Audible Original Titles Each Month

7 September, 20187 September, 2018Amazon, Audiobook3 Comments

In 2013 Amazon launched Kindle First, a program where Amazon Prime subscribers could download one Amazon-published ebook for free each month. Audible launched its own version of this program...

Amazon is Merging Createspace Into KDP Print

27 August, 201827 August, 2018Kindle (platform), POD9 Comments

I called it. Amazon has just taken the step that I am sure many saw coming. A new notice has been posted to Createspace user dashboards, informing them that...

Amazon is Going to Pay Authors the Retail Rate for Audiobooks Borrowed in Kindle Unlimited

23 August, 201827 August, 2018Amazon, Audiobook3 Comments

For the past several months authors have been objecting to Amazon adding their audiobooks to Kindle Unlimited without permission or payment. No one understood why that was occurring, not...

Updated: Indie Authors’ Audiobooks Were (Are) Getting Dragooned Into Kindle Unlimited

8 August, 201823 August, 2018Amazon, AudiobookLeave a comment

If you are an indie author with ebooks in Kindle Unlimited and audiobooks sold through Audible, you should check to see if the latter have been pressed into Kindle...

Amazon Just Changed Audible’s New Subscriber Bounties

4 August, 20184 August, 2018Amazon, Audiobook6 Comments

Amazon just changed one of the bounties it pays on new Audible subscribers to bring it more in line with how Amazon's other bounties are awarded. Scott Carney brought...

How Do You Listen to Audiobooks?

26 July, 201826 July, 2018Audiobook, Open Topic18 Comments

The recent revelation of Google making a play for the audiobook market with DRM-free audiobooks got me curious about audiobook consumption. Do you listen to audiobooks? How? I don't, and...

Createspace DVD/CD Production is Shutting Down, With Accounts Moving to Amazon Media on Demand

25 July, 201825 July, 2018Amazon, POD7 Comments

Amazon just hammered another nail into Createspace's coffin. The retailer sent out an email this morning to select Createspace users, informing them that Createspace's disc production unit was shifting...

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