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Book Business AI Showcase: Shimmr and Pix
In the second of an ongoing series of articles spotlighting book business–related AI startups, we take a look at Shimmr, an automated book advertising service, and Likewise's Pix, a chatbot and app that offers book recommendations.
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Book Business AI Showcase: Hypnovels and Maven
In the first of an ongoing series of articles spotlighting book business–related AI startups, we take a look at Hypnovels, a book trailers and video generator, and Maven, a publisher that allows readers to ask questions of books through WhatsApp.
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Spotify Audiobooks Draw Younger Listeners, Get Bump from TV Adaptations
According to data released by Spotify, users aged 18-34 make up 57% of the platform's audiobook listeners, while television adaptations such as 'Shōgun' and 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' have prompted a surge in demand for specific titles.
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Spotify Expands Audiobooks for Premium to Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand
Spotify is extending its Audiobooks for Premium feature to Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand on April 9. The service was launched in the U.S., U.K., and Australia last October.
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Confronting Publishing’s AI Fears
What lies beyond the lawsuits and accusations in the headlines?
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Everand Publishes Original Essays Curated by Roxane Gay
Everand Originals, formerly known as Scribd Originals, has released the first in a series of essays edited by Roxane Gay, ‘Built for This’ by Julia Turshen, and will follow it up in the coming months with works by Gabrielle Bellot, Elaine Castillo, and Randa Jarrar.
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Audible Cuts 5% of Its Staff
Despite a strong 2023, Audible CEO Bob Carrigan said the cuts were necessary to position the company "for continued success in the coming year and into the future, given the increasingly challenging landscape we face."
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How Publishers Can Navigate the AI Revolution
Despite the hype, publishing is still looking at what impact large language models and similar technology may bring.
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Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing Will Limit Daily Number of New Titles
In what Amazon says is another effort to guard against possible abuse of AI in the creation of books, KDP users will be allowed to post no more than three books daily on the self-publishing platform.
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Amazon Issues New AI Guidelines for Its KDP Platform
With concerns mounting over the impact AI-generated books are having on the e-book market, Amazon will now require KDP users to inform it if AI-generated content was used in the making of a book published on the platform.
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