I wasn’t going to touch this story because I thought at first that the claim was an exaggeration or misinterpretation, but I was wrong. If you’ve...Continue reading
Just under a month ago Amazon launched a limited “all you can listen” service in the US called Audible Plus. It cost $8 per month and...Continue reading
Audible sent out an email on Tuesday, informing authors and users that it was shutting down Audible Escape subscription service. (Thanks, Isobel!) Here’s the email that...Continue reading
Amazon subsidiary Audible just announced that it is launching its third unlimited subscription audiobook service. The service is called Audible Plus, and will cost $7.95 per...Continue reading
Blurb has been acquired by Reischling Press: Reischling Press, Inc. (RPI), a pioneer in the personalized print services market, has acquired Blurb, an industry-leading e-commerce platform...Continue reading
The ARC service NetGalley has distributed ebooks for almost as long as the Kindle has been around, and soon they will also be distributing audiobooks. NetGalley...Continue reading
Overdrive just announced they are “buying” part of RBmedia RBdigital, although given that both companies are owned by KKR, this is really more of a reorganization...Continue reading
Earlier this week a less than reliable blog reported that Audible was “moving to an enhanced ebook format”. Unlike that blog’s “exclusive hardware leaks”, there was...Continue reading
For the longest time now Amazon has provided authors and publishers who distributed their audiobooks though ACX with promo codes that could be given to reviewers,...Continue reading
Wikipedia has an ongoing problem where its more sexist editors constantly question whether a woman is “notable” enough to merit a page on the site. This...Continue reading
After a decade of lobbying bu authors and book publishers, the UK government announced this week that the Value Added Tax collected on the sale of...Continue reading
IngramSpark, the self-publishing division of the book distributor Ingram Content Group, sent out an email today informing users of a new policy intended to reduce misleading...Continue reading
I am sure that you have seen the news this past week about Audible Captions, and how Amazon has settled the lawsuit by agreeing to give...Continue reading