Auto-narration 'can help close gap' between e-books and audiobooks

Auto-narrated audiobooks will not replace human narration but will help "elevate" text-heavy books and help eliminate the gap between e-books and accompanying audiobooks, says Ani Attamian, head of publishing partnerships for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Google. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-20 01:45:35 UTC ]
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Auto-narration 'can help close gap' between e-books and audiobooks

Auto-narrated audiobooks will not replace human narration but will help "elevate" text-heavy books and help eliminate the gap between e-books and accompanying audiobooks, says Ani Attamian, head of publishing partnerships for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Google. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-20 01:45:35 UTC ]
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As Bogotá’s Book Fair Closes: Audiobooks and Localization

The key to audiobooks' future in Latin America, some say, is 'localized' dialects — and more enthusiasm from publishers. The post As Bogotá’s Book Fair Closes: Audiobooks and Localization appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-02 23:49:50 UTC ]
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Google Play Books Expands AI Audiobook Narration

Google Play Books has announced that publishers in six countries can now create, edit, publish, and sell auto-narrated audiobooks on its platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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6 Audiobook Narrators I Need to Record More Books ASAP

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Utah’s Draconian Book Banning Bill Close to Passage; An Anti-Book Ban Bill Proposed In Response

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Discover New Japanese Books and Authors: Close-up on Japan Book Bank

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Inside the Narrators Booth: Things You Never Knew About Audiobook Narrators

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Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024: A Surge in Spanish-Language Audiobooks

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

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Beijing’s 2024 Book Fair Closes, Some 300,000 Attending

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Thessaloniki’s 2024 Book Fair Closes With 85,000 Attendees

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Bonnier Books UK Joins Spotify’s Audiobooks Offer

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Audible to turn all seven of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books into full-cast audiobooks

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Bologna Children’s Book Fair Closes With 31,735 Trade Visitors

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London Book Fair Closes, Citing 30,000 Attendees

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She poured her heart into Arcadia's Book Rack. Now the small bookstore is closing

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Erica Berry on the Polyamorous Intimacy of Reader, Author, and Audiobook Narrator

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UK-US: Open Road’s Bloodhound Books in Audiobook Deal With Dreamscape

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