Ingram put out an elliptical press release yesterday that we have clarified with help from their general manager of Ingram Library Services, Rich Rosy. Recorded Books is launch a platform called OneClickdigital later this quarter to distribute downloadable audiobooks to library patrons, which sounds like an alternative to Overdrive’s established offering. In the announced collaboration,…
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Two New Audiobook Players Launch
LibiriVox founder Hugh McGuire has launched Iambik Audio, starting today with a list of 11 literary fiction audiobooks from independent presses in the US and Canada, including works from Gordon Lish and Lydia Millet. They sell at “reasonable prices”–from five to ten dollars–with no DRM, so that the files can play on any device. The…