Amazon has just released an official Audible
Audiobook app for the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick.
Audible has launched in Canada and updated
their audiobook app for Android and iOS.
Barnes and Noble has formally unveiled their Nook
Audiobook app for Android.
Barnes and Noble has announced some big savings on their Nook
Audiobooks app for Android.
There aren't that many quality
Audiobook apps for Google Android, as most companies tend to focus on iOS.
A couple of announcements this week from the OverDrive blog, they've released an ebook and
audiobook app for the Apple iPad and are adding a collection of nearly 700 classic and new Digital Books from Disney to library's digital catalogs.
Not exact matches
One such example of an
app preview video can be seen here, created by LNC Productions
for Audible, a popular
app for listening to
audiobooks.
Audiobooks are great
for keeping kids occupied in the car, as are children's book
apps.
Apps such as Azoomee, our digital entertainment service
for primary school - aged kids which offers a diverse mix of TV shows, games and
audiobooks, alongside parent - approved messaging in one safe
app, allow kids to have fun, learn new skills and generally be curious.
InControl is Jaguar Land Rover's proprietary
app and media platform, offering integrated support
for such popular
apps as Tile, the Bluetooth - enabled item locator, music streaming service Spotify, Cityseeker, Hotelseeker,
Audiobooks, Rdio, Parkopedia, offline GPS service Sygic, location sharing service Glympse, Stitcher streaming radio, Mileage Tracker Pro, and more.
With Chevrolet Shop, you can browse and install
apps for things like music and
audiobooks directly onto your Chevrolet Infotainment System.
If that's not enough, the base system also features standard Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity, so you can bring your Google or Apple Maps on the road along with dozens of audio streaming
apps for music, news, podcasts,
audiobooks and other digital options.
Audiobooks.com — This
audiobook app comes with a selection of 6,000 free
audiobooks and over 100,000 premium
audiobooks available
for purchase.
OverDrive — All you need is a library card from a participating public library (there are over 30,000 worldwide) and you can download
audiobooks of best selling titles
for free with the OverDrive
app.
OverDrive, a company that works with more than 13,000 libraries worldwide to bring library ebook and
audiobooks to portable devices and computers, has updated their BlackBerry
app to add support
for EPUB library ebooks, just in time
for the upcoming release of the BlackBerry PlayBook.
Today the Axis 360 platform now allows library patrons to have access to all library materials from the online catalog — whether physical or digital — and creates a convenient experience
for borrowing and enjoying ebooks and digital
audiobooks in the patron's favorite reading
apps and on their device of choice.
The entire Amazon ecosystem
for apps, games,
audiobooks, ebooks, and other stuff has been revised.
When you read a book, listen to a
audiobook or watch a movie, you are mainly doing it with the official Overdrive
app for Android, iOS or a number of other platforms.
Not to mention this is a huge boon
for indie developers who are releasing high quality
audiobook and ebook
apps on the Apple platform, where users pay to unlock certain features or purchase content.
Many people have decried that the UI
for the
audiobook player leaves something to be desired
for, but it is one of the few
apps that truly gives you an unlimited experience.
Tim Bueno the
app developer told Good e-Reader that «I created Bound out of frustration with the current offerings of
audiobook players
for iPhone.
The Overdrive Media console
app for Android, Blackberry, iOS and a myriad of other platforms is the tool patrons use to read eBooks, listen to
audiobooks or watch videos.
Severely Limited in What You Can Buy outside the USA You Have to Be a Prime Member to Enjoy Many Features Overdrive Library eBooks Could Be Simpler
Audiobook Program Has Few Options
for Optimization Side - Loaded
Apps and Content Look Very Pixelated on the Main Carousel
Shopping
for audiobooks is a breeze, within the Play Books
app there is a new tab next to books, called
audiobooks.
You can also search
for audiobooks and Kindle books, try searching
for Ernest Hemingway and it will bring up all of the results, ditto with
apps, such as Royal Vegas casino.
We are staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading
app for eBooks and
audiobooks from public libraries and schools.
Finally, I turned to my favorite reference librarian Google... and came up with a lot of folks complaining about how iOS5 and the recent update of the
app apparently don't play well together
for audiobooks, but nothing relevant to my efforts.
Alexa is a voice - activated assistant
app that can be used
for everything from getting weather and news updates, to playing music and
audiobooks, controlling smart devices, -LSB-...]
Overdrive, NYPL's digital media vendor (ebooks.nypl.org), is coming out with an iOS
app for both ebooks and
audiobooks soon.
With Whispersync
for Voice, recently called «Amazon's killer new
app for books» by the Wall Street Journal, the Kindle
app now lets you switch instantly between reading a Kindle book and listening to the companion
audiobook from Audible — all with just one tap, without leaving the book.
Text - to - speech used to be a pretty big feature
for Kindles, but Amazon doesn't seem to be interested in evolving it much further anymore — now they'd rather push selling
audiobooks instead and promote their Whispersync
for Voice feature that syncs
audiobooks and ebooks together in the same
app.
This is actually an
app for your iPhone that has over 8,500 free
audiobooks available.
The good thing about the promotion is the
audiobooks aren't Kindle exclusive; they are offered through Amazon's partner, Audible.com, and you can listen to the
audiobooks with various Audible
apps and devices, no Whispersync
for Voice or Kindle required.
So if you have an iPhone and love
audiobooks, you may check out both
apps and see which is best
for you.
This new
app is a total boon
for everyone fiending
for the latest
audiobooks while on the go.
Today we would like to conduct a video review of the new Kobo
app for IOS and take a look at how
audiobooks play a central role.
said that in Scribd's first year of offering
audiobooks, users logged more than 270,000 hours using the companies
apps for Android and iOS.
Low resolution Woeful camera 1.5 GB of RAM is not enough
for a tablet Redundant Nook
Apps The single speaker is poor Nook
Audiobooks is not pre-loaded Horrible retail packaging
The old carousal is gone, and the main UI looks a bit cleaner, making it easier to shop
for apps,
audiobooks, e-books and other digital content.
The new home screen includes dedicated content pages
for books, games and
apps, video, music,
audiobooks, and periodicals — each page presents an engaging layout akin to the beautiful pages of a magazine and presents your recent content as well as personalized suggestions
for new entertainment.
The Nook
Audiobook App is available as a free download from Google Play but is only available
for US customers.
I think it would be interesting
for Kobo to introduce an
audiobook service and integrate the listening capability into their Android and iOS
apps.
Recently Kobo revised their iOS
app for the iPad and iPhone that incorporates a new
audiobook player.
The Nook
Audiobook app will be made available via a firmware update
for the Nook HD, Nook HD + and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook 7 and 10.1 inch models sometime in the near future.
The only thing that might make this even better is if they actually made an iBooks
app for Android, so people could read their eBooks and
audiobooks purchased via iBooks on open android eReaders, but still be able to sync it with iCloud, and have progress, notes, etc., be synced to iBooks
for Mac or iOS devices.
Olive also has 7 paid
apps that act as
audiobook players or virtual study guides
for various editions of the Bible, such as King James.
Residents of the United Kingdom will see an increase in tax
for apps, eBooks and
audiobooks in 2015.
Meet Libby, a new
app built with heart
for readers to discover and enjoy eBooks and
audiobooks from your library.
Scribd (
app, web) Scribd is monthly subscription service that gives users access to unlimited reading of books,
audiobooks and comics
for $ 8.99 a month.
Additionally, Walmart will start selling ebooks and
audiobooks from Walmart.com and through co-branded
apps with Kobo
for Android, iOS, and desktop computers.