New York Times refines best seller lists to accommodate audiobook growth
With audiobooks making up a larger share of how people consume books, The New York Times is broadening its...
Spotify expands audiobook distribution to four additional countries
Spotify just expanded its audiobook offering to four additional markets. As a result, all of us who have distributed...
Audiobook voice options expand in 2025: professional live human, pro cloned, author voice or author cloned with AI
As I have covered previously, audiobook production and consumption continue to grow fiercely. I discuss the continually expanding voice...
Review: Libation, to remove DRM from Audible files legally
Audiobooks purchased from Audible are fine to keep and listen after suspending an account, although they have DRM protection....
Audiobook distribution strategy in 2024 + why M4B is ideal for direct sales
Last year, I published Wide book distribution in 2023: My 6 tips. Most of what I covered there is...
Apple Books app: inconsistent among formats & platforms
The Books app from Apple sadly behaves quite differently on macOS than on iOS and iPad OS with certain...
Review: Audiobook Builder, an ideal authoring tool for audiobooks for direct distribution
I regularly have to prepare .FLAC audio files for distribution as audiobooks on 37-38 platforms, including retailers and libraries....
Wide book distribution in 2023: My 6 tips
After publishing 13 of my own books so far, plus helping at least 15 other authors from at least...
Apple shocks authors/content producers with new website requirements to continue selling in Europe
Late last week, I received a surprising email message from Apple. Due to the EU Omnibus Directive (2019/2161), which...
Google accelerates audiobook production exponentially
In March 2022, I published Google’s Aloud auto-dubs your English video in Castilian or Portuguese, free. Now, Google is...
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