Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 19, 2020

Posted on 01/25/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Libraries, Reading, Romance, Scandal

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...

Categories: Today in Books

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...

Categories: Today in Books

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

Joanna Penn's priorities for her writing career in 2020

Posted on 01/05/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn has an incredibly ambitious 2020 planned for herself, almost so much that we hesitated to share it. But...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese

Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Where audio is now and where it could go

Posted on 12/29/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Count Kristine Kathryn Rusch among the many authors excited about the advances in DIY audiobooks and the medium’s potential. Rusch...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

ALLi looks back at 2019's self-publishing trends

Posted on 12/22/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re fast approaching longer days and a new calendar year — two reasons to reflect on how things have gone...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Marketing

Fussy’s favorites: Week of December 9, 2019

Posted on 12/14/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

Categories: Favorites

Tagged As: Audiobook, Awards, Just for fun, Scandal, TV adaptation