No wonder Kobo and
other audiobook companies have to resort to convoluted subscription plans or no one would buy audiobooks.
Not exact matches
Scribd backtracked from an unlimited model and only allows one
audiobook listen per month and many
companies such as Audiobooks.com, Audible and
other startups are integrating themselves into Apple Car Play and Android Auto, or partnering with car manufacturers directly.
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.
The CEO of Playster Phil Keezer told Good e-Reader why his
company got involved in
audiobooks in the first place «Audiobooks were always appealing to us, but we were further buoyed by the fact other subscription services had begun to introduce credit systems for a
audiobooks in the first place «
Audiobooks were always appealing to us, but we were further buoyed by the fact other subscription services had begun to introduce credit systems for a
Audiobooks were always appealing to us, but we were further buoyed by the fact
other subscription services had begun to introduce credit systems for
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Ian than alluded to his
company's future plans in the subscription
audiobook space «We're trying to find a model that can expand the market and lower the barrier for consumers to enjoy
audiobooks while trying to avoid mistakes that have happened in
other markets and their rights holders.
One of the anticipated major trends of 2013, at least according to the
companies showcasing their platforms at last January's Digital Book World event, was supposed to be online retail stores branded specifically to publishers and authors, essentially letting publishers cut out the retailer altogether when it can to ebooks,
audiobooks, and
other downloadable content.
According to Findaway World, several leading
companies are currently using AudioEngine to power
audiobooks in their platforms, including 3M (Cloud Library), Mackin (MackinVia), Baker & Taylor (Acoustik) and Follet (Catalist Digital), with many
other large retailers, content providers, and distributors launching worldwide throughout 2014.
If you are a Tunein refugee, the only
other companies offering an unlimited
audiobook service is Amazon Kindle Unlimited and Playster.
Unlike
other companies operating in the self - publishing space for
audiobooks, Findaway is working directly with the authors.
They will be trying to make their mark against
other companies who recently opened up shop, such as Google
Audiobooks, Storytel and StoryWalker 365.
There are no shortage of services that allow authors to outsource the production and narration to
other companies such as the
Audiobook Creation Exchange, Findaway Voices, ListenUp
Audiobooks but it will cost almost... [Read more...]
I know many libraries who have a digital magazine selection do business with
other companies, even though they primarily use Overdrive for their
audiobook and ebook collections.
The creation of
audiobooks are not only reserved for major publishing
companies, but many
others provide some low - cost options to get going.
Audiobooks.com has kept its launch simple, with one flat monthly subscription rate for unlimited
audiobooks at a fairly aggressive price point, as opposed to the different levels of fees for amounts of content that
other companies have offered in the past.
However, I can recommend 2
other companies that allow a narrator to simply publish a PD
audiobook without regard to the editions on Amazon:
Explore
other options of exploiting your audio rights, including licensing them to the narrator or an
audiobook production
company.
Other examples from the
company include six
audiobooks from its Audible.com unit for $ 6, $ 1 for an album at the Amazon MP3 Store or $ 10 for $ 30 of products at one of its clothing stores.
It will also share e-books and
audiobooks with
other Acer devices and computers through the
company's new clear.fi system, which is based on the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) home networking standard.
Librarians know Jankowski's
company, Midwest Tape, as a long - time distributor of DVDs, CDs,
audiobooks, and
other media.
Was approached by four different
audiobook publishers: Podium, Tantor, and a couple
others; he turned them down, and signed with a
company that offers 20 %
With partnerships from Overdrive and
other technology and publishing
companies, libraries are making
audiobooks readily available to the masses.
Granted, those business segments are still dwarfed by OverDrive's core business: 95 % of all U.S. public libraries use the
company's technology to lend out ebooks,
audiobooks and
other electronic content — content that disappears when the lending period ends.
The
company's digital arm provides
audiobook and eBook lending to the library market through the RBdigital platform, alongside several
other platforms specializing in same - day newspapers and magazines, adult learning and language tutorial programs.