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Everand Acquires Online Book Club Platform Fable
Everand, the online e-book and audiobook subscription service and subsidiary of Scribd, has acquired the social reading and book club app Fable, which has three million users and hosts more than 100,000 book clubs.
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Amazon Cuts Jobs in Book Division
The e-tail giant has laid off an undisclosed number of employees in its Books division, adding that fewer than 100 roles were affected. The cuts include roles in Amazon’s Kindle unit and at book review platform Goodreads.
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Ingram Adds AI Tools to iD Advertising Platform
Ingram Content Group has added AI-powered ad copy generation and automated image creation tools to its Ingram iD advertising platform, which it says has access to four million active book buyers.
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Audible Expands Catalog with AI Narration and Translation Services
Audible is now offering AI-powered narration and production services to select audiobook publishers, with AI translation services to launch in beta later this year.
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The Audiobook Business Learns to Embrace AI
At a panel at this year’s London Book Fair, executives from Bookwire, Hachette, and Storytel examined AI’s impact on the audiobook market, opportunities the technology could create, and concerns over rights management and compensation.
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Created by Humans AI Rights Platform Launches for Authors
The startup, launched by Scribd cofounder Trip Adler, has unveiled its AI rights licensing platform for authors, which allows for the licensing of AI training rights and reference rights.
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Rebind Reimagines Classic Literature with AI Enhancement
The new enhanced e-book platform launched with five titles, including 'Dubliners' and 'The Great Gatsby,' that offer expert video commentary and an AI chatbot users can query. Plans are to publish two new titles per month.
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Scribd to Launch Credit-Based Model, Expand Big Five Partnerships
Scribd is ending its unlimited model and implementing credit-based subscriptions for its Everand reading platform, offering one title monthly for $11.99 or three for $16.99, and adding bestsellers from all Big Five publishers to an expanded catalog.
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Empowering Publishers Through Innovation and Investment at Virtusales
BiblioFlow, a project focused on streamlining assets and metadata through an intuitive UI to increase efficiency and improve user experience, is set to take center stage at Virtusales Publishing Solutions at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Changing the Game for Publishers Big and Small at KNK Software
This year, KNK is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the North American market, and to mark this milestone, the company is giving back to the industry that has been integral to its success.
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