He also said he sees contrasts in the demographics
between ebook and audiobook customers.
It allows you to alternate
between the ebook and audiobook without losing your place.
As I demonstrate in this 3:03 video, Amazon has created technology called Whispersync that enables you to seamlessly go
between the ebook and audiobook or even immerse yourself in both concurrently.
Premium device switches
between ebooks and audiobooks and comes with Bluetooth, longer battery life and aluminium design to tempt readers
Not exact matches
Episodes are
between 10,000
and 20,000 words long (around 50 - 100 average
ebook pages, or 1 - 2 hours of narrated
audiobook).
These
Audiobooks are Whispersync for Voice - ready so you can switch seamlessly
between reading
and listening to the Kindle
eBook and the
Audiobook.
The results also showed that those
between the ages of 18
and 44 were more likely to have listened to an
audiobook than read a print book or
ebook.
The difference in demographics
between eBooks, print,
and audiobooks means that with an
audiobook you can actually increase your market size,
and even open new markets that you might never have reached otherwise.
The main purpose of our new report, «
Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries
and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration
between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news
and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000
ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world,
and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new
ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
ebook licensing models
and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.
+ John Scalzi has published some numbers in his blog too (he emphasized on differences
between ebooks,
audiobooks and printed books).
The scope of my publishing has grown until I have about 30 titles,
and about 60 ISBNs used
between hardcover, softcover,
ebooks and audiobooks.
It was designed to give readers a discount for purchasing both the
eBook and audiobook edition
and flip
between the two wherever you left off.
It is easy to jump
between the
audiobook library
and the
ebook one.
I would love them to offer
audiobook and ebook bundles, I switch
between reading on my Kobo
and listening to
audiobooks on Audible but I don't want to buy the book twice.
The new partnership
between OverDrive
and NOOK Newsstand will enable readers to access popular magazines
and newspapers in the same manner,
and on the same website, as they discover
and borrow OverDrive
eBooks,
audiobooks and streaming video.
Whispersync for Voice allows you to switch back
and forth
between reading a Kindle
eBook and listening to the companion Audible
audiobook without losing your place.
demonstrates Amazon Whispersync capability
between an
audiobook and Kindle
ebook (beginning at 10:19)
This amazing technology allows people to switch seamlessly
between the Kindle
ebook and the Audible
audiobook.
There are more readers
between the ages of 18
and 44 who listened to an
audiobook last year than those who read a print book or those who read an
ebook.
I also created
and narrated a 3 - minute video that demonstrates Amazon's Whispersync
between the Kindle
ebook and Audible
audiobook.
Plus the Kindle Touch has speakers
and an audio jack so it gets Amazon's new Whispersync for Voice feature as well that syncs
audiobooks and ebooks so you can switch back
and forth
between them.
Every month Amazon gives away a free
audiobook to help promote their Whispersync for Voice feature that syncs Kindle
ebooks and Audible
audiobooks so that you can easily switch back
and forth
between reading the
ebook and listening to the
audiobook.
Amazon has updated the free classic
audiobook for August to help promote their Whispersync for Voice feature that syncs the last page read
between Kindle
ebooks and Audible
audiobooks.
Whispersync for Voice works by syncing Kindle
ebooks and Audible
audiobooks together so that you can switch back
and forth
between -LSB-...]
Listen to best sellers: • The Girl on the Train • Truly, Madly, Guilty • The Power of Habit • Harry Potter • The Martian • A Man Called Ove • Homegoing • The Gene • When Breath Becomes Air • End of Watch A wide range of popular categories like: • Crime
and Thrillers • Science Fiction • Fantasy • Romance • Classics • Novels • Mystery • Horror • Self - development • Mindfulness
and meditation • Business • Children's books Features designed for the
audiobook listener: • Chapter navigation • Listen over wifi, save on data • Download to your device for offline listening • Create clips of favorite passages
and share with friends
and on social media • Send any book in your library to your friends - their first book is on us • Bookmarking • Sleep mode, dark or light theme, variable narration speed, button - free mode
and more • Control your listening experience with Cortana voice commands
and button - free mode • Compatible with thousands of
ebooks from Amazon - switch seamlessly
between listening to your
audiobooks and reading on your Kindle with Whispersync for Voice.
Switch seamlessly
between listening to the Audible
Audiobook and reading the Kindle
ebook version.
Compatible with thousands of
ebooks from Amazon - switch seamlessly
between listening to your
audiobooks and reading on your Kindle with Whispersync for Voice.
Leveraging their ownership of Audible, the dominant player in downloadable
audiobooks, Amazon has introduced a Whispersync feature that enables seamless switching
between reading an
ebook and listening to the
audiobook version.
This is a small fraction of the existing Scribd
ebook catalog, which now surpasses 500,000 titles, but it represents a milestone in the growing popularity of
audiobooks and also includes a feature — pioneered by Amazon with its Whispersync for Voice technology — that allows readers
and listeners to jump back
and forth
between reading an
ebook and listening to the same title as an
audiobook, keeping place across multiple devices.
The addition of
audiobooks to Scribd's catalog —
and the smooth integration
between ebooks and audio playback — is one more sign that the technology has come of age.
In 2012, Amazon
and Audible announced Whispersync for Voice, a technology that allows users to seamlessly switch
between the Kindle
ebook and the Audible
audiobook.
The big new feature for the Oasis is the integration of Amazon's Audible
audiobook service, the first time for a Kindle device, which allows readers to seamlessly switch
between audiobooks and ebooks, maintaining their position in the story if they own both formats of a particular book using the Whispersync for Voice service.
When you own both the
audiobook and ebook of the same title you can switch back
and forth
between listening to the
audiobook and reading the
ebook,
and it will highlight the words in the
ebook as it reads aloud.
Audiobooks show up in the
ebook gallery with a headphone icon appended,
and once opened you can tap to switch
between the text
and audio versions (the Kindle Oasis remembers which you were using last,
and re-opens it in that state).
A leading
ebook platform Scribd has analyzed 3.9 million hours of
audiobook listening behavior compiled
between December 2014
and January 2016.
You can check out what are the differences in price
between the paperback, the hardcover, the
ebook,
and the
audiobook.