Amazon’s Audiobook Narrators Can Now Make Their Own AI Voice Clones

Plus: Meta’s AI scrapes the UK, Google digitizes your passport, Chrome syncs your tabs everywhere, and (have you heard?) Apple announces some new iPhones. Continue reading at 'Wired'

[ Wired | 2024-09-14 14:30:00 UTC ]
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Ex-FBI chief James Comey takes his book tour to Amazon

James Comey's book tour will make a stop at Amazon.com Inc. headquarters Monday. The former FBI director will discus his new book, "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership," part of which takes aim at President Donald Trump, who fired Comey last year as the bureau's investigated Russian... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon unveils international shopping app

Amazon has launched an “international shopping experience” through an app which allows customers worldwide to browse and ship more than 45 million products from the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Teen Vogue is ditching print, but it’s still making ‘magazine’ covers for Snapchat

Though Teen Vogue announced the shuttering of its print edition in November 2017, it hasn’t stopped the Condé Nast-owned publication from ensuring the art of the magazine cover hasn’t been lost as it embraces a now fully digital identity. The post Teen Vogue is ditching print, but it’s still... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Compton's Kendrick Lamar makes history with Pulitzer Prize win

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How NBCU’s specialized unit makes shows for Snapchat and beyond

Some publishers complain about monetization on Snapchat, but NBCUniversal said with its Digital Content Lab, it's making real money there. The post How NBCU’s specialized unit makes shows for Snapchat and beyond appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smith, Kang and Krasznahorkai make Man Booker International shortlist

Previous Man Booker International Prize winners Deborah Smith, Han Kang and László Krasznahorkai have made the shortlist once again. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why 4 Famous Magazines Are Collaborating With Amazon to Transport Readers to the 1950s

In June, select subscriber covers of Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Redbook and Woman's Day will transport readers back to the 1950s. As part of a collaboration with Amazon, the four Hearst titles will have special, peel-off top covers with the logos and fonts the titles used in the 50s, as... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s surprisingly easy to make government records public on Google Books

While working on a recent story about hate speech spread by telephone in the ’60s and ’70s, I came across an interesting book that had been digitized by Google Books. Unfortunately, while it was a transcript of a Congressional hearing, and therefore should be in the public domain and not subject... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making the rights impact

As the rights-selling frenzy opens its doors, traders will be looking to get the most bang for their buck—and time—during this year’s London Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smith, Penny and Eddo-Lodge make Orwell Prize longlist

Ali Smith's Winter (Hamish Hamilton), Laurie Penny's Bitch Doctrine (Bloomsbury) and Reni Eddo-Lodge's Jhalak Prize-winning Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race (Bloomsbury) are among the10 titles longlisted for the 2018 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2018: Why Amazon’s 'Digital Roots' Will Reshape Physical Retail

On a Christmas Eve shopping visit to the bustling Amazon Books in New York, journalist Cherie Hu realized that Amazon had flipped the table on the analog environment of traditional bookselling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Whisper Network finds its voice in slew of big-money deals

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morley makes first buy in new Picador remit

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2018: 30 Years After 'The Alchemist' Paulo Coelho is Still Making Magic

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Amazon and Brexit fuel territoriality fears

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Booming' audiobook sales double in five years

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London Book Fair 2018: Audiobooks Continues Steady Sale Rise

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We’re all ears for audiobooks – and here are some of the best

Sales have doubled in the past five years, with commuters and men aged 25 to 44 accounting for the bulk of purchases. But many of us are unable to finish them – so here are a few you won’t give up onNo longer just the greatest invention for bathtub readers, the audiobook is, according to new... Continue reading at The Guardian

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