Since Amazon owns Audible, it pairs
the audiobook service with ebook content: You can have your book read to you while you read it on the screen.
Not exact matches
Microsoft partnered
with tech expert Marc Saltzman, who recommends that students take advantage of free «cloud»
services like OneDrive, so they can easily store their school work and personal files, including research notes, calendar dates, contacts, photos and videos, music and
audiobooks, and more.
Based on a pick - and - choose menu of
services that includes more than just editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «author
services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the platform is delving into things like review
services that will send out copies of an author's book to their channels, along
with talks of translation (an ungodly expense for indie authors that can easily cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars per language) and
audiobook services.
Recorded Books LLC have changed hands
with Wasserstein & Co. being the new owners of the premier company that has been providing unabridged
audiobooks and other digital content or related
services to schools, libraries and the open market.
There are dozens of ways to produce an
audiobook from your work,
with services such as Audible Content Exchange (ACX) and ListenUp offering an assist.
Ingram Library
Services, a leading provider of comprehensive services to public libraries, including access to over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital content for US libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual eBooks and audiobooks for library
Services, a leading provider of comprehensive
services to public libraries, including access to over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital content for US libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual eBooks and audiobooks for library
services to public libraries, including access to over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up
with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital content for US libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual eBooks and
audiobooks for library patrons.
Amazon had partnered
with OverDrive, an e-book and
audiobook distributor, to deliver an e-book lending
service to 11,000 libraries in the U.S..
Scribd is the premier subscription reading
service with more than a million e-books,
audiobooks and comics including New York Times bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize winners and reader favorites across every genre.
As the earlier leaks suggested, the
service costs $ 10 per month and includes unlimited access to over 600,000 e-books, along
with «thousands» of
audiobooks.
Google
Audiobooks has received a ton of media attention since they launched a few months ago and apparently their
service is not resonating
with users, only 4.32 % of all
audiobook users said they bought at least a single title from them.
Last week Canadian
audiobook service Audiobooks.com
with a catalog of 70,000 titles launched in the United Kingdom.
«This spike in library lending of eBooks,
audiobooks, and streaming video is the result of the tremendous efforts of thousands of librarians, as well as significant ease - of - use improvements including seamless integration
with library catalogs,» said Shannon Lichty, OverDrive's Director of Partner
Services.
Revenue from subscription
services — which includes fees associated
with Amazon Prime as well as
with audiobooks, e-books, digital video, digital music and subscription
services saw a 52 % increase and generated $ 2.16 billion.
If you're planning to create one but are unsure of where to start, bring your story to life
with our
audiobook services.
With the Canadian company Rakuten Kobo finally launching their
audiobooks service worldwide, appearing as a long awaited competitor for Amazon's Audible,
audiobooks became a hot topic once again, living their revival.
With the combined reach of his and Mofibo's subscription
services, Storytel's Jonas Tellander says he'll open a new
audiobook streaming
service, Storytel Original, this month.
There's no up - front fee to ACX for using its
services to connect
with a producer and create your
audiobook, but you will obviously have to pay the narrator / producer, and there are two ways to do that.
With the purchase of Denmark's Mofibo, the Swedish ebook and
audiobook subscription
service Storytel has added at least 50,000 members to its base of approximately 220,000 subscribers.
Once you're happy
with the finished product
services such as Spokemedia (http://www.spokemedia.io/) and Bee Audio (http://www.beeaudio.com/) can turn your marked up manuscript into a professional
audiobook ready for distribution.
I use ACX because it's a very convenient
service that allows you to host narrator auditions, work
with a narrator, proof the
audiobook and publish it.
They're solid devices
with more software flexibility than their Kindle counterparts, but an appreciation of the company's hardware isn't exactly going to push me into using their
audiobook service.
These are full
service providers who combine production
with distribution and marketing to help indie authors get their
audiobooks to market.»
Kobo hopes to bolster their revenue stream
with the
audiobook service they launched last year.
The main premise of this new
service is to connect authors
with narrators and once the title is completed they are distributed into 170 different countries and various subscription
services, libraries and
audiobook... [Read more...]
This
service launched
with e-books, but in November 2016 they are now offering
audiobooks.
The main premise of this new
service is to connect authors
with narrators and once the title is completed they are distributed into 170 different countries and various subscription
services, libraries and
audiobook retailers.
In order to make their
service more accessible they are offering an unlimited amount of cloud storage so you can upload your entire
audiobook collection to their servers and listen to them all
with one of the eStories apps.
Each of the e-readers is also compatible
with Amazon's Kindle Unlimited
service, which gives you unlimited access to more than 700,000 ebooks and
audiobooks for $ 9.99 per month.
With the site sure to receive a huge number of hits when it announces its new tablet device (s), the company pushes its Instant Video, MP3 Store, Cloud Player, Kindle, Cloud Drive, AppStore for Android, Game and Software Downloads and
Audiobooks — all
services that would be perfect for a potential tablet buyer.
Comics move online Independent
audiobook and ebook publisher Recorded Books and comics distributor iVerse Media has partnered
with IDW Publishing to update its Comics Plus: Library Edition
service.
hoopla digital, Midwest Tape's category - creating
service, partners
with public libraries across North America to provide online and mobile access to thousands of movies, TV shows, videos, music and
audiobooks.
In a long - expected move, Amazon on July 18 announced the launch of Kindle Unlimited, a new subscription
service that will give users unlimited access to a selection of 600,000 ebooks and more than 2,000
audiobooks on Amazon Kindle devices and any device
with a Kindle app for $ 9.99 per month.
Now, it seems, the streaming
service is considering expanding its entertainment bundle offerings to include one
with Scribd's
audiobooks service, too.
Scribd is the premier subscription book
service with more than 1 million e-books,
audiobooks, comics, and more, including New York Times bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize winners and reader favorites across every genre.
World's Largest, Most Comprehensive Subscription Reading
Service with More than 1 Million e-books,
Audiobooks, Comics, and More, All for $ 8.99 per Month
hoopla digital partners
with public libraries across North America to provide patrons
with online and mobile access to the
service's collection of more than 600,000 eBooks,
audiobooks, comics, movies, TV shows, music, and more.
At Audible.com, we have had great success working directly
with authors to increase awareness of their
audiobooks, and Audible Author
Services will help us build on these accomplishments.
Now
with the Eole download
service that AVH has launched in April, users can actually download the
audiobooks and listen on a suitable device, which can be anything like a smartphone, tablet, a PC, or special media players that would read aloud the books.
Canadian
audiobook service Audiobooks.com is launching into the UK market today (18th October)
with a catalogue of 70,000 titles, as its c.e.o. highlights the growing potential in the
audiobook market.
With our professional
audiobook service, you get the ability to set its price.
Another nice feature of the
service is that all
audiobooks come
with an ebook version of the title for free.
All You Can Books is a subscription
service that offers
audiobooks for a monthly fee —
with a twist.
The Navy's library is well - stocked
with ebooks and
audiobooks for
service members and their families, but there's no access to these on ships.
Services: Voice Narration and Audio Books...
With smiling Irish eyes and a rich, warm voice to match, Richard Rieman (Ree» man) is an experienced
Audiobook narrator and a professionally trained Voice Actor.
These days, libraries also carry
audiobooks in both CD and digital formats, and usually partner
with one or more ebook - lending
services to offer ebooks as well.
New Barnes & Noble effort offers a catalog of 60,000
audiobook titles through a
service that was developed in partnership
with Findlay
New «Smashwords for
audiobooks»
service allows authors to sell their
audiobook through over a dozen distributors and retailers It's no secret that
audiobooks are becoming ever more popular
with their «reading» audience (especially for those stuck in ever - increasing traffic!)
You understand that any Producer you engage that personally performs narration
services for the
Audiobook may be a member of a talent union or guild that requires a portion of the Producer's earnings under your ACX
Audiobook Production Agreement
with the Producer to be paid to the union or guild's pension, health and welfare account.
If Audible does not commence selling the
Audiobook within 3 months after its receipt of your written notice, (a) this Agreement will automatically terminate and all rights in the Book and the
Audiobook granted to Audible in this Agreement will revert to you and (b) if you agreed to the royalty share payment option
with the Producer for production of the
Audiobook, Audible will pay the Producer a termination fee of $ 100 times the actual number of finished hours (in 10 minute increments) in the deal confirmation page; up to a maximum of $ 2,500 as full payment for the Producer's
services in creating the
Audiobook.
Amazon has now decided to bring
audiobook playback
with audible to old Kindle devices as well, thus allowing old Kindle users to access this amazing
service.