audiobooks
Spotify-owned Findaway Voices eliminates distribution fee for audiobooks on the streaming service
Spotify and Findaway announced today that Findaway Voices, an audiobook distributor for independent authors, is eliminating its 20% distribution fee for audiobooks purchased on Spotify. The streaming
Audible is testing ad-supported access to select titles for non-members
Audible is testing ad-supported access to select titles for non-members, the Amazon-owned audiobook company revealed on a help page on its website. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that the test is
Spotify brings its new audiobooks service to Canada
Spotify’s still relatively new audiobooks service is expanding to Canada, the company announced today, bringing the experience to both English and French-speaking customers. Launched last fall,
Apple launches AI-powered book narrations
At a time when there is a lot of debate going on around ChatGPT and generative AI potentially eating up jobs, Apple has launched AI-powered audio narration for select titles on Apple Books. On its web
Spotify launches audiobooks to more English-speaking markets outside the US
Spotify is expanding its newly launched audiobooks service outside the U.S., the company announced today. The service will now become available in other English-speaking markets, including the U.K., I
Spotify brings audiobooks to US users with a catalog of 300,000 titles to start
Spotify is today launching support for audiobooks on its streaming service, offering a third type of audio content for its customers beyond music and podcasts. Initially, audiobooks will be made avail
Spotify exec says the company will begin testing audiobooks ‘very soon’
Spotify CFO Paul Vogel says the music streaming platform will begin testing and trialing audiobooks “very soon.” The Spotify executive said the company plans to continue to expand its port
Audible has the first Harry Potter audiobook (as read by Stephen Fry!) streaming for free right now
If you’ve ever tried to buy the Harry Potter audiobooks, you probably noticed something kind of tricky: there are two very different versions. The version most widely available in the U.S. is na
Apple’s iBooks revamp, Apple Books, is here
Apple’s new and improved iBooks app, now called Apple Books, has popped up on iPhones across the world today with the release of iOS 12, the software update available to download as of this mor
Walmart and Kobo launch Walmart eBooks, an online e-book and audiobook store
In January, Walmart partnered with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten on online grocery in Japan, as well as the sale of audiobooks, e-books, and e-readers in the U.S. Today, Walmart is capitalizing on
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine teams with Amazon’s Audible on audiobooks and originals
Reese Witherspoon’s media empire, Hello Sunshine, has teamed up with Audible to work on an audiobook project. The collaboration will initially see the launch of a showcase of Audible audiobooks
Google Play audiobooks get Smart Resume, bookmarks and Assistant routines support
Google Play Audiobooks is getting a major update today that adds a number of new features to the service that were sorely missing when it launched earlier this year. None of these are groundbreaking,
As tech automates, Blinkist keeps its book summary service very human
When I first heard of Blinkist, a service that breaks down recent nonfiction books to easily digestible snippets, I was afraid it would turn out to be some machine-learning-driven auto-summary thing.
Scribd’s new unlimited plan for audiobooks and e-books might be an avid reader’s dream
Avid audiobook nerds tired of dealing with Audible's nonsense or long library queues now have a new way to get a steady stream of the good stuff. Scribd just announced it will be reinstating an unlim
Walmart and Rakuten partner on grocery delivery in Japan, Kobo e-books and audiobooks in U.S.
Walmart today announced a major expansion in terms of its global e-commerce presence: the retailer is entering a strategic partnership with Tokyo-based Rakuten, which will see the companies collaborat
Google brings audiobooks to its Play store
Google’s Play store now features audiobooks. There is a good chance that you only think of the Play store as Google’s app store for Android, but it has long features support for movies, TV
Audible’s new romance audiobooks service uses machine learning to jump to the sex scenes
Let’s admit it: you probably aren’t reading that romance novel for the plot. Or its literary value. Audible knows this, and is today launching a new collection of romance-themed audiobooks
Crunch Report | Apple and Amazon want Bond, James Bond
Today’s Stories Apple and Amazon reportedly pursuing James Bond franchise rights U.S. House of Representatives passes new bipartisan self-driving car bill Kobo takes on Audible with its own au
eMusic’s new owner TriPlay launches eStories, a new audiobook service
eMusic, the veteran digital music company that was acquired in 2015 by Israeli media startup TriPlay, is expanding its horizons. Today the company is launching eStories, an audiobook service that wil
Scribd Expands Its Subscription E-Book Service With 30K Audiobooks
It was just over a year ago that <a target="_blank" href="http://www.scribd.com">Scribd</a> officially <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/10/01/scribd-harpercollins-book-subscriptions/">unveiled a N