Facebook Live isn't just for video. Today the social network launched a new feature dubbed Live Audio that lets users listen to broadcast voice recordings, pushing more audio-only content into newsfeeds. Similar to Facebook Live videos, users can go live from the Facebook app by pressing a button. Once a recording starts, Facebook creates a post using a Page cover image. The post is then pushed to newsfeeds and people can listen to the audio content as they browse through Facebook. For Android users, audio will also play if a user leaves the Facebook app to use another app or locks their phone. Facebook is heavily pitching Live Audio towards publishers and broadcasters who are already cranking out loads of live video to win over Facebook's algorithm that reaches a massive audience. A podcast or radio publisher may be able to livestream an episode straight from Facebook, for example. Or a news outlet could collect audio snippets from a live event. "We know that sometimes publishers want to tell a story on Facebook with words and not video," Facebook said in a statement. "We've even seen some Pages find creative ways to go live and reach audiences with audio only by using the Facebook Live API or by adding a still image to accompany their audio broadcast." According to Facebook, a handful of publishers and authors including BBC World Service, HarperCollins and Adam Grant are already on board with using Live Audio. The feature is beginning to roll out to a portion of... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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Bookouture is expanding its audio team with the appointment of Alba Proko from Bonnier Books UK as audio manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-18 16:29:40 UTC ]
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Featured image: Louise Brooks, interviewed in Lulu in Berlin, 1984 ¤ IN 1966, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES AUTHOR and screenwriter Anita Loos drolly paid tribute to one of the cinema’s most iconic brunettes. Loos had first been friendly with Louise Brooks “in California when she was an early-day sex... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
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We asked educators across the country how they are taking action to address racism and social justice with their students. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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While recent efforts are encouraging, publishing needs to establish permanent methods to give people of color more opportunities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Since the killing of George Floyd in late May, the book publishing industry, overwhelmingly white at every level, seems to have reached a period of reckoning about its own history of exclusionary hiring practices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Penguin is to release a series of audio study guides to accompany key English literature A-level texts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 19:08:23 UTC ]
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Do you always listen to audiobooks on a certain speed? Is it worth listening on double speed to get through twice as many books? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-08-11 10:39:00 UTC ]
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Penguin has announced a series of virtual, live events featuring guests including Zadie Smith, Yotam Ottolenghi, Caitlin Moran and Jeremiah Emmanuel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 05:28:30 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Profile Books, including imprints Serpent’s Tail, Viper Books and Souvenir Press, has joined the global Facebook advertising boycott led by by the advocacy group Stop Hate for Profit, withdrawing all Facebook and Instagram advertising with immediate effect. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 21:25:31 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has acquired Everyone Versus Racism—a book by Patrick Hutchinson, who was photographed carrying an injured white man during London's Black Lives Matter protests. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 17:18:36 UTC ]
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Terms of sale first enacted in March to help librarians during the Covid-19 crisis will now run through the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House is celebrating Beatrix Potter’s birthday with a new audio edition of Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales, narrated by stars including Olivia Colman, Tom Hardy and David Harewood. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 18:13:08 UTC ]
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Noted immortal man, Keanu Reeves, is writing a comic book with the help of bestselling graphic novelist Matt Kindt. Called BRZRKR, the first of 12 issues will debut in October just in time to save the world / distract us from the presidential campaign / give us something to do in day 700 of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Bonnier Books UK is releasing 500 Words: Black Lives Matter, a book featuring short stories children have submitted to a Chris Evans-devised Virgin Radio competition this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-16 10:43:26 UTC ]
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Hay Festival has launched a series of Book of the Month live Q&A sessions with authors, to expand its digital offering. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-16 02:44:44 UTC ]
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In a new audio production, James McAvoy, Michael Sheen and a full cast give voice to “The Sandman.” Continue reading at The New York Times
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googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1511205296876-0'); }); The post NY Mag Hires Editorial Director for Audio, Promotes 3 Others appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-08 16:00:39 UTC ]
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Maria Gbeleyi has been chosen as the voice of Verity Gillmare in the audio version of Dorothy Koomson’s new novel, All My Lies are True (Headline). The announcement follows an open casting call, "Find My Verity", designed to bring more black female voices into the world of audiobooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 11:36:17 UTC ]
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Poet and reggae recording artist Linton Kwesi Johnson has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2020 for his commitment to political expression in his work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 08:46:24 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association has compiled a summer audio reading list for parliamentarians as it urges them to remove VAT on audiobooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 16:39:44 UTC ]
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