The links below are to articles reporting on the latest news from Scribd.
For more visit:
– http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/scribd-adds-audiobooks/
– http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/scribd-launches-unlimited-access-audiobook-catalog/
Category Archives: Audio Book
Audiobook Apps for Android
The link below is to an article that takes a look at audiobook apps for Android devices.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/top-5-audiobook-apps-for-android
Kindle Unlimited
The links below are to articles that look at Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited service.
For more visit:
– http://kindleworld.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/amazons-new-kindle-unlimited.html
– http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/amazon-enters-ebook-subscription-market-with-kindle-unlimited
– http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/kindle-unlimited-goes-live-with-ebook-audiobook-titles
– http://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/is-kindle-unlimited-good-for-indie-authors
– http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/amazon-reveals-kindle-unlimited-ebook-subscription-service_b88175
– http://ilmk.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/its-official-kindle-unlimited-is-here-with-639621-titles/
– http://www.infodocket.com/2014/07/16/get-ready-here-comes-we-think-amazons-all-you-can-read-subscription-e-book-subscription-service/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/kindle-unlimited-now-live/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-start-kindle-unlimited-service-similar-scribdoyster/
– http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/07/18/amazon-launches-kindle-unlimited-will-take-international-september-october/
Amazon officially launches Kindle Unlimited, ebook and audiobook subscription service for $9.99/month
Amazon(s AMZN) has officially launched Kindle Unlimited, the $9.99/month ebook and audiobook subscription service we told you about on Wednesday.
The details are, pretty much, what already leaked. The service is only available in the U.S. for now. About 640,000 titles are available, most from Amazon’s own publishing imprints or by self-published authors who’d previously enrolled their books in KDP Select. There are books from traditional publishers as well — no big-5 publishers — but Abrams, Algonquin, Workman, Open Road and Bloomsbury, among others. Two thousand audiobooks from Audible are included, and a membership to Kindle Unlimited comes with a free three-month Audible subscription.
“You can keep up to ten books at a time and there are no due dates,” according to Amazon’s help pages. “Read your Kindle Unlimited books on any Kindle device or free Kindle reading apps.”
One splashy series of note that is available: The first…
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Amazon Integrates Audible In The Kindle Reader Apps
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the integration of Audible in the Kindle Reader apps.
For more visit:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/read-listen-amazon-integrates-audible-kindle-reader-apps/
Audiobooks on the Rise
The link below is to an article that takes a look at audiobook sales growth.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/audiobooks-revenues-reach-1-6-billion_b84212
Audible
The link below is to an article that takes a detailed look at Audible.
For more visit:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reviewed-audible-audiobooks-windows-phone/
On Audiobooks, or how I learned to let books immerse themselves in my life
When S and I were small children, we were not only very loud, but we were also very studious. We loved reading, and our parents almost couldn’t get books out of our hands. We learned to read very young, and always wanted to read more. The constant fight at night before bed was “just one more paragraph!”
And then high school and college happened. You get to high school and you’re supposed to read all these books and suddenly reading is a chore. You can’t get absorbed in a story line, because you have to put that book down after a few chapters to read history or a science textbook. Reading becomes a chore, and you can’t get absorbed or interested in any one idea because so many so different ideas are floating around your head. And you’re being told you have to, so it’s not a joy anymore.
I…
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Suggestions for Listening to Audiobooks
The link below is to an article that offers 40 suggestions on how to listen to audiobooks.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2014/01/08/40-ways-listen-audiobooks-even-dont-commute/
Audiobook Myths
The link below is to an article that takes a look at myths surrounding audiobooks.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2014/01/05/listening-to-books-is-cheating-and-7-more-myths-about-audiobooks-2/
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