Vision loss inspires man to create world's first audio comic book

Posted on 09/18/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When Chad Allen went completely blind, after thirteen years of slowly losing his vision, he naturally turned to audiobooks. But...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Graphic novel, The Guardian

Audible argues Captions feature falls under fair-use rules

Posted on 09/17/2019 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Audible has responded in court to a copyright lawsuit brought on behalf of several large publishers. It filed a legal...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Lawsuit

Actor who's narrated over 1,000 audiobooks shares speaking tips

Posted on 09/09/2019 at 11:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Whether you’re looking to narrate your own audiobook or simply prepare for any live readings, Joanna Penn has the expert...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn

"The Testaments" will definitely come to TV

Posted on 09/04/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Testaments hasn’t even been released yet, but it’s already headed to the small screen. TIME received the scoop from...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, New release, TV adaptation, Women in literature

Audible Captions are on hold for several big-name publishers' books

Posted on 08/30/2019 at 10:03 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Audible won’t be captioning the audiobooks of several large publishers after all — or at least in the near future....

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Lawsuit

Audiobooks are the hottest project for Hollywood

Posted on 08/26/2019 at 04:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The relationship between books and Hollywood is starting to become a little bit more reciprocal. Variety noted recently that Audible...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Pop culture, The Passive Voice

Mike Shatzkin on what's next for B&N, Amazon, the climate ... and you

Posted on 08/26/2019 at 03:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Mike Shatzkin is neither a lawyer nor a fortune-teller, but with nearly fifty years in the book industry, he at...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble / Nook, Joanna Penn

Study: Reading and listening to stories stimulate the same brain areas

Posted on 08/26/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Unless you love to debate, Discover has wonderful news to share. The magazine reports that a study originally published in...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Reading

Publishers file lawsuit over Audible Captions feature

Posted on 08/23/2019 at 04:11 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Big publishers weren’t happy when Audible revealed its planned Audible Captions feature last month. Today, they acted on that displeasure:...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Lawsuit, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Technology, The Digital Reader, The Passive Voice

Would you want an author hologram to read to you?

Posted on 08/21/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Cool or creepy? A Chinese company is using artificial intelligence to create avatars of authors to narrate their own books....

Tagged As: Audiobook, Technology