Harry Potter actors will narrate "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" audiobook

Posted on 02/27/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Actors who have performed in Harry Potter screen and stage adaptations will narrate a new audiobook from the Potterverse. The...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Movie adaptation, Pop culture, Young adult literature

Settlement: Audible Captions is now optional for any author or publisher

Posted on 02/10/2020 at 10:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The lawsuit over Audible Captions features has been settled, with Amazon agreeing to give authors and publishers the option to...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Lawsuit, The Digital Reader

How an unknown narrator landed the Harry Potter audiobook deal

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Just as Harry Potter launched J.K. Rowling’s career, so too did it launch Jim Dale’s. Dale, who went on to...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Literary Hub, Podcast

Penguin Random House is leaving unlimited-access reading services

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Penguin Random House will be removing all of its digital and audio titles from unlimited-access subscription services. PRH ebooks in...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, E-reader, Reading, The Bookseller, The Digital Reader

OverDrive: 2019 was another record year for digital book checkouts

Posted on 01/21/2020 at 09:57 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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2019 was yet another record year for digital book lending, according to Rakuten OverDrive. In total, 326 million ebooks, audiobooks,...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, E-reader, Libraries, Reading

Preview James Taylor’s audio-only memoir

Posted on 01/20/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Musician James Taylor has, unsurprisingly, lived a remarkable, action-packed life. So rather than tackle his entire life story at once,...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Excerpt, Pop culture

Settlement has been reached in the Audible Captions copyright lawsuit

Posted on 01/15/2020 at 12:04 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon and the publishers objecting to its new Audible Captions feature have reached a settlement in their copyright-infringement argument. The...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The Digital Reader

The House's report on its Trump investigation is now an audiobook

Posted on 12/10/2019 at 04:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Well, that was fast. You can now buy the audiobook version of the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Donald Trump’s...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, New release, Politics

Let's give thanks to audiobook narrators

Posted on 11/26/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday? If you’re listening to an audiobook, be sure to give thanks to the hardworking narrators...

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Laura Dern records new audio version of "Little Women"

Posted on 11/18/2019 at 09:56 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Actress Laura Dern is going all-in on the Little Women reboot. In addition to playing Marmee in the film version...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Classic literature, Movie adaptation, Pop culture