Audible launched its Netflix-style subscription service in late 2017, the focus was strictly on romance audiobooks. Now it is beginning to look like Audible will be expanding the program...
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Pokemon Manga Titles Now Available Through OverDrive
Overdrive announced on Tuesday that Pokemon digital graphic novels are now available for libraries to purchase through Overdrive. Patrons and students of participating public libraries and schools can borrow and...
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Couple Accused of Stealing $10k in Textbooks from College Bookstore
A pair of thieves have been arrested on the charge of stealing $10,000 worth of textbooks from Fayetteville Technical Community College, which is located in North Carolina. Brandy Marie...
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Findaway Launches Wonderbook, a Hybrid Print-Digital Audiobook Player
Cleveland-based Findaway gets most of its attention on this blog for its audiobook distribution (as well as services like Chirp) but in the library market it is better known...
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Google Play Books 5.1.9 Adds Audiobook Download Quality Settings, Custom Skip Duration Settings
When Google started selling audiobooks last January, the Play Books Android app made the experience so frustrating that only masochists would try it more than twice. Google has slowly...
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Audible Settles Several More Class Action Lawsuits
A little over two years ago Audible was hit with several class action lawsuits that alleged that the Amazon subsidiary had engaged in bait-and-switch tactics and false advertising and...
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B&N Press Now Offers eBook Coupon Codes
B&N Press continues to add features, lending credence to rumors about an impending sale of the Nook division. I just got an email from B&N, informing me that B&N...
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What is the Appeal of Audiobooks?
Last week's launch of Bookbub's new audiobook deals site, Chirp, inspired me to give audiobooks another try. I love deals (who doesn't) and I wanted to give the new...
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Bookbub Branches Out, Now Offers Audiobook Deals in Partnership with Findaway
Bookbub has launched a new deals service to sell publisher audiobooks. On Tuesday they announced they had partnered with Findaway to launch Chirp, a site where you can buy...
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Marvel Comics Now Available via OverDrive Marketplace
Overdrive announced on Monday that it had expanded the availability of its comics selection. With Avengers: Endgame hitting theaters in a few weeks and Black Panther & Into the Spider-Verse winning big at the...
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Seven Places to Listen to Free Audiobooks
The internet is overflowing with nearly as many free audiobooks as ebooks. There are dozens if not hundreds of sites with free audiobooks, and I have pulled together a...
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Pearson Sells Off Its K-12 US Textbook Division for $250 Million
Pearson announced on Monday that they had agreed to sell its US K-12 textbook business to Nexus Capital Management for $250 million. Nexus will pay an initial $25 million and...
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Amazon is Still Selling Pirated POD Textbooks
Over the past three years I have reported no fewer than four times about Amazon's ongoing problem with counterfeit and pirated books in its POD service, Createspace. Here is...
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You Can Now Have Alexa Play a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Audiobook
Around this time last year I read about a startup called Select a Story that was developing interactive fiction stories for smart speakers like Alexa and Google Home. Interactive fiction...
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DC Comics Now Available in Kindle Unlimited, Prime Reading, and Comixology Unlimited
The Warner Brothers-owned comic book publisher DC is jumping in to the subscription market with both feet. DC announced today that they will be distributing titles to Kindle Unlimited,...
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