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Writer Elisabeth Wheatley explains Audible's new policy that aims to create a monopoly and keep audiobooks out of libraries and other stores (www.youtube.com)
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Audible's new proposed royalty structure is a slap in the face to authors, readers who care about them, and exactly opposite of what they promised Brandon Sanderson barely a year ago.

It is an attempt to seize a monopoly by punishing authors until they agree to exclusivity, which would drive Audible's competitors out of the market.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

AI narrators and ebooks will put Audible out of business.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Ever listen to any YouTube videos narrated by AI? So many mispronounced words and strange inflections.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 5 points 8 months ago

Ha did they finally found a use case for AI ? Last time I checked it wasn't even able to read a book without making things up. But OCR and text to speech exist since years and can't beat humain warmth.