Reese Witherspoon to narrate Harper Lee audiobook
After a long controversy over the mental stability of author Harper Lee, and whether she was competent enough to approve the publication of the long-awaited follow-up to her seminal To… Read more »
Audible calls for straight-to-audio books
While ebooks have been the primary object of media attention in recent years, as far as publishing formats go, audiobooks have remained a steady performer for many publishers. Now, Lynn… Read more »
San Antonio Public Library installs digital catalog access in the airport
The San Antonio Public Library has installed two kiosks in the San Antonio International Airport where travelers can browse the library’s digital collection and check out music, books, videos, or… Read more »
Amazon is just straight up letting people steal audiobooks now
Amazon’s perverse definition of “customer service for books” has turned into new, previously uncharted territory; they’re doing away with the “paying” part of shopping and just letting you just have stuff… Read more »
Digital resale case in the Netherlands raises questions about secondhand ebooks
A website called Tom Kabinet launched last week in the Netherlands which allows consumers to trade their legally purchased ebooks. The creators of the website say that ebooks are too… Read more »
Moby-Dick Big Read audio project
The Moby-Dick Big Read project, aimed at getting more people to read Herman Melville’s classic novel, launched earlier this week. The project is the brainchild of author Philip Hoare and artist… Read more »
Massive Proust audiobook coming this fall
Naxos AudioBooks has finished recording the audio for Marcel Proust’s notriously long novel, Remembrance of Things Past. Originally published in France between 1913-1927 in seven volumes as A la recherche… 1 / Read more »
Top audiobook award goes to Tina Fey; Jane Austen defeats Kardashians
Earlier this week, the Audio Publishers Association presented its annual awards for excellence in audiobook publishing. The Audie Awards, or Audies, are typically given out in conjunction with BEA, in… Read more »
The future of storytelling?
Over on FutureBook last Friday there was a long article about book apps and the future of storytelling. It’s a mission statement-cum-press release on behalf of debut author Nathan Farrugia… 2 / Read more »
“In a surprising about-face,” Amazon has decided to allow publishers and authors to determine whether Kindle 2 users can use the “text-to-speech” function to hear an audio version of an… 2 / Read more »