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Apple Books icon displayed on a phone and headphones are seen in this photo

Apple Launched AI-Narrated Books, Shaking the Audiobook Industry and its Human Voices

Apple quietly launched a series of audiobooks narrated by artificial intelligence. Voice actors are nervous.
By Rachyl Jones
Spotify logo displayed on a phone and headphones are seen in this illustration photo

Spotify is Taking on Amazon’s Audible by Adding Audiobooks

Spotify is adding audiobooks to its service, and users will be able to listen to George Saunders' "Liberation Day" in his own voice.
By Rachyl Jones

Self-Help Books Are Trending, But Only in Secret

Why the rising popularity of audiobooks has given the self-help genre new life.
By Vicky Kalpaxis
John Leguizamo in 'Latin History for Morons,' one of the plays involved in the Audible program.

Audible Is Now Producing Plays Just So It Can Publish Them as Podcasts

By John Bonazzo
Make no mistake, this is straight piracy.

When Will YouTube Deal With Its Audiobook and Podcast Piracy Problem?

By Ryan Holiday
Carrie Brownstein. (Photo: Charlie Llewellin / Wiki Commons)

Sleater-Kinney’s Sound Broken Down in Carrie Brownstein’s New Audiobook

By Brady Dale

“What Pet Should I Get?” By Dr. Seuss, narrated by Rainn Wilson

By Amanda Close and Christine McNamara

Tim Ferriss Publishes Betabeat Editor Under New Audiobook Venture

By Ryan Holiday
Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye.

A Wise Guy: Elliott Gould’s Hard-Boiled Reading of Raymond Chandler

By Dan Duray

How to Become The Woman Upstairs: Listen to a Claire Messud Audio Book

By Sarah Douglas
Tom Wolfe and family photographed by Jill Krementz in his backyard on August 27, 1983. At the end of the audiobook version of Tom Wolfe's 'I Am Charlotte Simmons,' the author talks of enjoying audiobooks with his family on drives out to the Hamptons.

A Man on Tape: The Full Charm of Michael Prichard Reading Tom Wolfe as an Audiobook

By Ken Kurson

J.K. Rowling Disses Apple and Amazon, Embraces Crowdsourced Storytelling

By Ben Popper
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