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How Born-Audio Narratives and Audiobook Originals Are Changing the Publishing Industry

By Rylee Warner

February 23, 2022 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How Born-Audio Narratives and Audiobook Originals Are Changing the Publishing Industry

It seems like the natural progression of digital entertainment services, regardless of the form of entertainment, is leaning toward each platform making its own content. We’re starting to see that change in the world of audiobooks in the form of “born-audio narratives.” So what does this mean for publishers?

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Audible, audio, audio narratives, audiobooks, originals, Publishing industry, Scribd

An Audible Nostalgia for Storytelling

By Zoe LaHaie

March 26, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

An Audible Nostalgia for Storytelling

Aside from their obvious convenience, audiobooks have established themselves as a hybrid between literary and media entertainment. Listeners are drawn in by hypnotic and dynamic narrations often delivered by well-known celebrities. Because of this focus on vocal value, publishing houses like Penguin Random House invested in their audio department to further advance audiobook quality. They even have the option to include material not present in the original print versions or let narrators go “off script.” Whether audiences know a story or not, listening to it gives them a fresh perspective.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: Audible, audiobooks, autobiography, biography entertainment, digital, storytelling

Kobo Dives Headfirst into Audiobook Market

By Kaitlin Barnes

January 22, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Kobo Dives Headfirst into Audiobook Market

The appeal of audiobooks lies in their ability to give someone the experience of a novel within the always-on-the-go lifestyle that our culture has embraced. Prior to the wide availability of audiobooks, for many there simply isn’t enough time in the day to sit down and read a book. A book’s greatest strength, its ability to allow one to escape from reality, was also its greatest weakness, as it meant that time couldn’t be spent doing other things.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: amazon, Audible, audiobook, Kobo, multitasking

Further Developments in Subscription Reading

By Zach Eggemeyer

April 22, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Further Developments in Subscription Reading

This post is a continuation of an earlier discussion concerning recent developments in subscription reading services. Big publishing continues experimenting with the subscription reading services Oyster and Scribd­: 15,000 Harlequin romance titles became available through Scribd just last week. Sustaining this success is contingent on a host of delicately balanced circumstances, detailed in my last […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: amazon, Audible, Cory Doctorow, eBooks, harlequin, harpercollins, Harry Potter, Kindle Unlimited, Life of Pi, Scribd, Simon and Schuster, Stephen King, subscription reading, Tags: Oyster

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