Amazon rebrands its Kindle Unlimited subscription as Kindle+ and expands access to audiobooks, including titles narrated by AI
Unlike narrated audiobooks from Audible and other providers, the audiobooks created with Virtual Voice in Kindle+ will instead be narrated by AI. — ZDNET's key takeaways
Amazon rebrands its Kindle Unlimited subscription as Kindle+ and expands access to audiobooks, including titles narrated by AI
Unlike narrated audiobooks from Audible and other providers, the audiobooks created with Virtual Voice in Kindle+ will instead be narrated by AI. — ZDNET's key takeaways
Audible launches an “immersion reading” feature that lets readers switch between ebook and audiobook versions of a title in their Audible and Kindle libraries
Only days after Spotify announced its foray into physical book sales, which included an audiobook feature that lets …
Audible launches an “immersion reading” feature that lets readers switch between ebook and audiobook versions of a title in their Audible and Kindle libraries
Only days after Spotify announced its foray into physical book sales, which included an audiobook feature that lets …
Amazon says Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers in the US, the UK, and Canada can now listen to one audiobook per month from Audible for free, to counter Spotify
Amazon said on Tuesday that it will let Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers access one audiobook per month from Audible's catalog for free.
Audible plans to invite some US-based audiobook narrators to train AI on their voices, cloning them and paying for title recordings via a royalty-sharing model
Now in Beta: Narrator Voice Replicas on ACX — Audible continues to hear … Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Amazon's Audible Invites Narrators to Train AI Voice Replicas Katie Scott / Tech.co : Your Next Ama...
Bookstat: the US audiobook market grew 14% YoY in Q4 2023, excluding Spotify; with Spotify, it grew 28% YoY; Spotify had an 11% market share, behind Audible
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Amazon launches Your Books, a hub to let users organize all of their books, including print, Kindle, and Audible titles, while also providing recommendations
Amazon today is launching its own competitor to Goodreads, a book tracking and recommendations site it also owns.
Sources: Audible is in talks to acquire celebrity podcasts and considers selling original shows individually; Amazon Music is also preparing to add podcasts
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