Each month, for your literary listening pleasure, our friends at AudioFile Magazine bring us the cream of the audiobook crop. Now, at 2023 draws to a close, they’ve rounded up the very best audiobooks of the year. Happy listening and happy holidays! * FICTION AudioFile’s 2023 Best Fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-12-01 14:03:20 UTC ]
Perdita Weeks reads the audiobook version of Megan Barnard’s debut novel, reimagining the Israeli queen as a source of mythic, feminist anger. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-12-01 10:00:14 UTC ]
The bimonthly magazine, which covers and reviews audiobooks, has named its Best Audiobooks of 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bookwire's 'WAY' audiobook services are to be available to French-language publishers early in 2024. The post Germany: Bookwire’s Audiobook Service Goes to Brazilian, English, Spanish Markets appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-11-29 04:44:54 UTC ]
The Audio Publishers Association's Michele Cobb sees a steady gain by audiobooks in the United States' publishing marketplace. The post APA: Audiobooks’ US Share Up 5 Percent, 2017 to 2022 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-11-22 19:35:05 UTC ]
The Libro.fm audiobook sale has thousands of audiobooks available at a great discount. Get everything from Fourth Wing to Yellowface. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-11-22 17:30:38 UTC ]
Project Gutenberg's AI audiobook project is yet another instance of AI encroaching on the book industry. But how do the audiobooks sound? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-11-22 11:36:00 UTC ]
“Going Infinite” may have missed the big takeaway, but it offers at least one undeniable pleasure: deep access. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-11-17 14:25:02 UTC ]
In addition to music and podcasts, Spotify has recently been working to cement its presence in the audiobook space. Today, the company announced Premium users in the US will be able to stream 15 hours of free audiobook content monthly as a part of their subscription.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-11-08 19:20:00 UTC ]
A little over a month after launching in the U.K. and Australia, Spotify's new streaming audiobook service is now available the U.S., meaning that tens of millions of Spotify premium subscribers now have access to a catalog of more than 200,000 audiobook titles—including titles from all the Big... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's self-publishing arm has begun a beta test on technology allowing KDP authors to produce audiobook versions of their e-books using virtual voice narration. The audiobooks will be available wherever Audible titles are sold. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
"I gagged when it was revealed who Justin Timberlake was throwing on a blaccent for." Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2023-10-28 12:00:26 UTC ]
The actor Michelle Williams reads the audiobook version of the recently liberated pop star’s memoir, “The Woman in Me.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-10-24 21:32:55 UTC ]
Britney Spears said that 'reliving everything' in her memoir, 'The Woman in Me,' has been 'heart-wrenching,' so she's only recording an intro for the audiobook. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-13 17:27:42 UTC ]
The industry body says the music giant’s move to make more than 150,000 titles available has not been discussed with authors and may compete with salesThe Society of Authors (SoA) has said it is “deeply concerned” about Spotify’s new audiobook provision. The industry body cited “the devastating... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-11 15:40:05 UTC ]
It’s both strange and enlightening to move through the world with an author’s voice filling your ears. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2023-10-11 10:00:00 UTC ]
“Raw Dog,” by the comedian Jamie Loftus, is an investigative memoir that’s part gonzo travelogue and part takedown of the factory farming system. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-10-06 09:00:48 UTC ]
This is the most familiar thing in the world, the engineer’s voice in my headphones, me in the sound booth, him at the board. I’ve spent hundreds of hours in recording studios, tracking drums, and I’m accustomed to taking direction and criticism: you were dragging behind the click; your energy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-10-04 08:35:37 UTC ]
Ek blames Apple for holding back his company’s first foray into audiobooks and confirms his company is in talks with Google about in-app purchases. Spotify is doubling down on audiobooks: Paying subscribers of the music service will now have access to up to 15 hours of audiobook listening as... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-10-03 16:30:00 UTC ]
The actor’s audio-only memoir delivers songs, stories and scenes with humor and vulnerability. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-09-22 09:01:07 UTC ]