Bookwire offers auto-narrated audiobook production service using Google TTS tech
18 January 2023 (Good E-Reader)
“In terms of accessibility and backlist, text-to-speech offers a rapid and cost-effective way for publishers to tap the full potential of their catalogs and make their titles available for everyone.”
Bookwire Expands Its Text-to-Speech Audiobook Offer With Google
17 January 2023 (Publishing Perspectives)
Using Google’s technology, Bookwire then offers its customers the means to create auto-narrated audiobooks in the framework of Bookwire’s “WAY” service.
E Ink Gallery 3 color e-paper expected to start a new era of color e-readers and e-notes
16 January 2023 (Good E-Reader)
Color content, be it illustrations or comic books, all look markedly better on Gallery 3, so much so that color e-paper is finally able to do justice to the color magazine segment.
Legible Provides Corporate Update and Announces $550,000 Unit Offering Private Placement
16 January 2023 (Business Wire)
In addition to raising capital, the Canadian startup will be busy this year: Release of a premier membership plan featuring unlimited search and reading via our AI recommendation engine, branded as Librarian AI. Introduction of audiobooks. Launch of an app for offline reading.
Global Book Reading Survey Results Released
16 January 2023 (PR underground)
English-speaking book readers around the world say they plan to read more in 2023 than they did in 2022. Although eBooks and even audio books are increasingly popular, paper books remain the preferred format for readers around the world. This according to a survey of 945 book readers in 56 countries, conducted by THGM Writing Services.
Huawei Books app added 100,000 new e-books
16 January 2023 (Huawei Central)
Huawei Books already has a large variety of e-books and with the recent partnership with a Chinese Literature group, the app will now offer over 100,000 new books for users.
Lenovo’s upcoming e-ink device, “Smart Paper”, comes with eBooks.com pre-loaded
10 January 2023 (Pocket-Lint)
Here’s a comparison with Amazon’s Kindle “Scribe”.
Storytel streaming revenue in line with forecast for Q4 and full year 2022
9 January 2023 (PRnewswire)
Full year 2022 streaming revenues grew 31 percent (excluding Russia), which is also within the forecast full year range.
10 Reasons Why NFT Books Are the Future of Literature: A Guide to Investing in the Next Big Thing
9 January 2023 (YorkPedia)
The impact of NFT books on the literary world is expected to be significant. It will give authors and creators more control over the distribution and monetization of their works, while also providing a new avenue for readers to support and invest in their favorite writers.
At $1,399.99 Vertu’s blingy Vbook “William Shakespeare Edition” is a 10.1-inch e-note
9 January 2023 (Good E-Reader)
In the e-reader and e-note industry, design has been homogenized. All Kindles look the same, and most other brands do not pay attention to industrial design. The Ventu is designed well and all of the accessories look amazing.
Apple rolls out AI-narrated audiobooks, and it’s probably the start of a trend
7 January 2023 (Ars Technica)
“This audiobook features ‘Madison’—a digital voice based on a human narrator.” The audiobooks are listed in the Books app as “Narrated by Apple Books.” The neutral and emotionless voices are not replacements for styles of human audiobook narration that can be passionate performances.
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