ALLi's guide to audiobook publishers beyond Audible-ACX

Posted on 04/08/2021 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s no secret that the Alliance of Independent Authors has serious issues with Audible right now. But it’s also no...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Amazon, Audiobook

Here are the 2021 Audie Award winners!

Posted on 03/24/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Audio Publishers Association revealed the winners of this year’s Audie Awards. 2021 marked the twenty-sixth year that the APA...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Awards

Audiobook narrator invites you behind the scenes

Posted on 03/15/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The more we listen to audiobooks, the more we appreciate the talented narrators who perform them. And the more we...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook

ALLi’s audiobook roundup

Posted on 03/02/2021 at 11:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The controversy over how Audible pays out and reports royalties has certainly not subsided, and it’s also inspired other conversations...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

ALLi’s deep dive into Audible

Posted on 02/08/2021 at 11:22 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Alliance of Independent Authors has not forgotten about AudibleGate. In fact, it’s begun a series to educate (and, yes,...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Amazon, Audiobook, The business of writing

This really is the ultimate guide to self-publishing audiobooks

Posted on 01/28/2021 at 10:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Alliance of Independent Authors aptly titled a recent blog post “The Ultimate Guide to Self-Publishing Audiobooks.” It’s every bit...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Audiobook

Business updates: New ACX dashboard, Wattpad sold

Posted on 01/20/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of the biggest publishing stories from last year was Audible’s return policy for users and reporting (or lack thereof)...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Amazon, Audiobook, The Digital Reader

OverDrive: Yep, 2020 was a big year for ebooks

Posted on 01/07/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Surely no one is surprised to hear that OverDrive is reporting a huge increase in digital borrowing for 2020. Driven...

Categories: Today in Books

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

Kris Rusch on how audio has changed -- and could keep changing

Posted on 01/07/2021 at 09:25 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s year-in-review series has arrived at the topic of audiobooks. In an oddly refreshing departure from other posts...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, coronavirus / COVID-19, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Meet the narrator of "Where the Crawdads Sing" (and 899 other audiobooks)

Posted on 12/10/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you listen to contemporary audiobooks, odds are extremely good you’ve encountered narrator Cassandra Campbell at this point. She has,...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Author interview, The New York Times