Authors Level the Playing Field in a Changing the AudioBooks industry?
With the advent of the Kindle and other digital alternatives to audiobooks, the publishing industry is having its share of struggles. Major bookstores are closing locations, while publishers are...
View ArticleWhich free audio books will allow publishers and writers to opt out of DRM?
My August Publishers Weekly column reports in on my experiment to see which of the major free audio books stores would carry my audio books without DRM, and with a text disclaimer at the beginning...
View ArticleITunes for News: Look Out, audio books Publishers
Both The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News have reported that Apple is working on a “digital newsstand” venture that would handle subscriptions for newspaper, free audio books and magazine...
View ArticleFree Audiobooks Spark Outcry From French Shops
Thierry Meaudre’s family bookshop has been protected from competition from big retailers, thanks to a law that bars heavy discounting if not free audiobooks. Now he is hoping the French government...
View ArticlePublisher signs contract to provide free audio books to Apple iBookstore
Ebook sales, while a small percentage of current total free audios book sales, is a market that is developing rapidly and presents strong opportunity for self published authors. Formatting books for...
View ArticleSerialized free audiobooks delivered by an app
Best-selling authors Neal Stephenson and Greg Bear are looking back to the future. This month, they launched a story —The Mongoliad— using a 175-year-old publishing model. Their novel-as-app (or...
View ArticleKobo eReader best free audio books play
While Research in Motion Ltd. and Apple Inc. duke it out with rival cutting-edge free audio books computers, there is also a growing market for more simple electronic readers designed primarily for,...
View ArticleGet Free Audio Books from Audiblecom.
Audiblecom is currently offering a free audio books to any user that signs up for a one-month free trial subscription. If you’ve never used it before, consider getting an free audio books to try out...
View ArticleBarnes and Noble reveals free audiobooks self-publishing tool
Book retailer Barnes and Noble on Monday launched its independent e-book and free audiobooks publishing platform Pubit! to attract independent and do-it-yourself publishers to the Nook e-reader. Books...
View ArticleFree audio books can be additions to your entertaining library
Ask any college student, world traveler or overseas soldier what they miss most about home and it’s likely he or she will respond with: free audio books and “a home cooked meal.” We all crave “comfort...
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