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Pagebound Bets on Human Curation Over Algorithms

By Ed Nawotka | 02/25/2026 @ 10:00AM

The social reading platform aims to offer an alternative to Goodreads, where users can track their progress, complete “quests,” and share book recommendations. It has attracted 130,000 users who have created 25,000 forums.
Audible Now Lets You Read Along with Your Kindle Books

By Ed Nawotka | 02/18/2026 @ 09:00AM

Audible has added its new Read & Listen feature, which allows users to follow audiobook narration with synchronized, word-by-word highlighted text, provided they own the Kindle e-book.
Cashmere.io Wants Better AI Licensing Deals for Publishers

By Ed Nawotka | 02/12/2026 @ 09:00AM

The little-known startup, which powers publishing deals with AI firm Perplexity, aims to help publishers monitor, monetize, and control their content inside AI systems. CEO Jonathan Munk says the industry’s current approach just isn’t cutting it.
Microsoft, Amazon Plan AI Content Marketplaces

By Ed Nawotka | 02/10/2026 @ 10:00AM

Amazon joins Microsoft, which recently launched Publisher Content Marketplace, in developing platforms to allow publishers to license content and be paid-per-use, rather than by offering an blanket, up-front fee.
ElevenLabs, Valued at $11 Billion, ‘Doubles Down’ on Audiobooks

By Ed Nawotka | 02/09/2026 @ 12:00PM

The AI-voice company has consolidated its audiobook production services under the new brand Audiobooks in ElevenCreative, signaling its commitment to the sector, head of growth Madeline Shue told PW.
IPG Teams with Beat Technology for D2C E-books, Audiobooks

By Ed Nawotka and Sam Spratford | 01/28/2026 @ 10:00AM

Distribution affiliates of Independent Publishers Group will now be able to sell e-books and audiobooks directly to readers through the Norway-based white-label app provider’s first U.S. platform, Shelf.
Can AI-Enhanced E-books Be Made Ethically? This Startup Thinks So

By Ed Nawotka | 01/21/2026 @ 10:00AM

Lixandria, a new digital reading platform, will offer AI-powered enhancements to e-books developed with the permission of rights holders while offering fair compensation to authors and publishers, says founder Eric Shashoua.
OverDrive Sues OpenAI Over Sora App

By Jim Milliot | 11/20/2025 @ 09:35AM

The digital distributor to schools and libraries is charging the AI company with trademark infringement related to its new text-to-video app Sora, which has the same name and a “confusingly similar visual identity” as an app OverDrive launched in 2018.
Spotify Adds Audiobooks in Four More Countries

By Ed Nawotka | 11/18/2025 @ 08:00AM

Spotify has launched audiobooks in the Nordic nations of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland, bringing its model to one of the world’s most mature digital audio markets.
AI Translation Race Accelerates

By Ed Nawotka | 10/15/2025 @ 07:00AM

Two startups, GlobeScribe and Ailaysa, target backlist, “low-resource” languages, and the 98% of all books never translated.
MetaComet Expands Into Rights

By Ed Nawotka | 10/15/2025 @ 12:00AM

The software company, which had previously focused exclusively on managing royalties, is launching a new rights management platform.
The EU's New Publishing School

By Ed Nawotka | 10/15/2025 @ 12:00AM

ThinkPub is the ambitious, new education platform helping European publishers navigate digital disruption.
Opening Shots

By Jim Milliot | 10/15/2025 @ 12:00AM

Authors and publishers have won the first skirmish in the AI copyright wars.
Human First Human Last

By Ed Nawotka | 10/15/2025 @ 12:00AM

Ingram Book Group’s implementation of AI emphasizes enhancing productivity, while protecting data–all with supervision.
Heard Around the World

By Ed Nawotka | 10/15/2025 @ 12:00AM

PRH Audio sees massive opportunity to employ the frictionless digital production and distribution of audiobooks to accelerate listenership worldwide.
Audible's Market Insights

by Christopher Kenneally | 10/15/2025 @ 12:00AM

Audiobook listeners love genre books, but regional tastes differ.
A Delicate Balance

By Ed Nawotka | 10/15/2025 @ 12:00AM

The Frankfurt Rights Meeting weighs the risks and rewards of AI licensing deals.
Amazon Adds Benetech Accessible Metadata to E-books

By Ed Nawotka | 09/17/2025 @ 10:00AM

Millions of readers with disabilities can now easily identify accessible e-books on Amazon, thanks to new accessibility metadata displays for titles that meet Benetech’s Global Certified Accessible (GCA) standards.
Championing Independent Audiobook Distribution: PW Talks with the Cofounders of InAudio

By Ed Nawotka | 08/21/2025 @ 09:40AM

Former Findaway executives Ralph Lazaro and Blake Squires discuss the launch of InAudio, an independent audiobook distribution platform serving retailers, libraries, publishers, and self-published authors.
Everand Adds ‘Deluxe’ Subscription Tier

By Ed Nawotka | 08/20/2025 @ 09:00AM

Scribd’s digital reading platform is now offering a $28.99 monthly subscription tier, in addition to its Standard and Premium tiers, that offers readers access to five “premium” books and audiobooks each month.

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