It’s time! Audible settles lawsuit over audiobook Captions
We have been closely following the ongoing Audible debacle over the last six months months or so: read our latest coverage here and here. Now ready yourself for the next… Read more »
Not (yet) time to settle in publishers’s suit against Audible
Like a good legal thriller (even better, a radio serial), the story of Audible’s “Captions” program has us anticipating every new twist and turn. To recap the last few weeks of… Read more »
Publishers sue Audible over possible copyright infringement
Hello! We have returned from our August hiatus. Sun drunk and blissed out, we’re so relaxed that we have nothing to report about the conquering tide of Amazon washing into new… Read more »
British poetry publisher starts its own audiobook series
Poetry has never been a literary art meant to remain on the page. Poets are performers are heart, taking to the stage to give voice and body to their texts.… Read more »
Audible’s new audiobooks program may just be . . . books
Audiobooks are books that get recorded. There are exceptions to this statement (like audio originals), but stick with me here. Transcribing an audiobook, then, would simply create a text quite… Read more »
Do soaring audiobook sales mean the physical book’s days are numbered?
The good news: audiobooks are doing well! Sales rose by 43% in the UK last year according to The Publishers Association (PA) Publishing Yearbook, and 37% in the US according… Read more »