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Tag Archives: audiobooks
Is Amazon Vulnerable on Audiobooks?
Second-most interesting thing to happen in ebooks last week, after Amazon’s Temple-of-Doom-like ripping out the heart of ebook competitors, was the announcement of the Barnes & Noble audiobook store. This isn’t the first audiobooks announcement to be heard lately. In … Continue reading
Posted in Ebooks, Odd
Tagged Amazon, Audible, audiobooks, CreateSpace, Ebooks, Movies, Overdrive, Steve Potash
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I’m Also Not As Enthusiastic About Fighting Over Things Which Don’t Make Money
Amazon, while not conceding the underlying legalities, says they’ll let rights-holders decide whether or not to enable Text-To-Speech. Cue the DRM cacophony on how no publisher should ever, ever, ever deny the right to hear a voice aloud. And, seriously, … Continue reading
Posted in Devices, Ebooks, Odd
Tagged Adobe, Amazon, audiobooks, Booklocker, Discovery, Ebooks, Kindle, lawsuits, Weak-Ass Business Models
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Amazon Beats But Lowers Forcast
Same thing, really. Sure they’re gonna push Kindle. Which… is good. I’m actually borrowing my next door t-3 right now, uploading something audio to Createspace. Don’t worry, I’ll give the bandwidth back when I’m done.
Posted in Devices, Ebooks, Odd
Tagged Amazon, audiobooks, Ebooks, Ivy League Lane, Montgomery College
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Man, Like a Daniel Cabrera Start
Sometime this afternoon, Sony Readers were in the lead, saleswise, 3-1 on Ebay. By the end of the day, 13 Kindles were sold: Compared to 5 Sony Readers. Price of the Sony’s down to $250 if you’re not including international … Continue reading
Posted in Devices, Ebooks
Tagged Amazon, audio, audiobooks, Ebooks, orioles, rangers, Sony Reader
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Fool Wants Kindle Numbers!
Me too. Amazon doesn’t book an order for a Kindle as a sale. Instead, it only tallies fulfilled and delivered devices. So the November and December orders that got bumped to January could be material contributors to the company’s top … Continue reading
Maybe The New Royalties Won’t Suck
Amazon buys Audible. If ya ever wondered why Audiobooks go for $50 or something for a download…. well, it’s cause Audible’s terms, and especially their royalties… suck. Now I’m not a trained financial analyst by any means, but anyone else … Continue reading