The Pros and Cons of Audiobooks
Discovering a balance between listening to and reading books can help you find more time to do what you love while still being busy and productive. Audiobooks have the potential to open the door to more reading.
Kindles Versus iPads
Nothing beats holding a paper- or hardback book in your hand, but when it comes to e-books there are so many pros and cons. Is the e-reader experience worth the cost or does a tablet with the free Kindle app do the job just as well?
AI Narrated Audiobooks: How Do They Work And What Books Are Candidates?
With the increasing availability of Artificial Intelligence (AI), companies are now selling AI-created products such as images, database searching tools, chat bots, and even AI-narrated audiobooks. AI models are created by first designing an algorithm, and then feeding the algorithm content that trains it to then create similar content. Companies have been able to create AI models that are considered “synthetic voices” by contributing voice data to the model. The AI model then replicates human voice in reaction to text prompts. This is the manner in which AI-narrated audiobooks may be produced in minutes!
What I Learned by Narrating an Audiobook For the First Time
The award-winning Ooligan book Extreme Vetting: a Thriller by Roxana Arama has been out for over a year. Did you know that two Ooligan students narrated the audiobook version—and it’s awesome? Haley Young, one of the narrators, recounts her experience.
Why HTML is Important to Publishing
HTML is the original language of computers and it is the main tool that helps us correctly translate how we want content to show on the browser. But why would that be important to a publishing house?
How Audiobooks Make it to Your Favorite Platforms
Rights holders, a term used to describe the person or publishing company with the rights to an audiobook, may choose one distributor over another for various reasons. It may be that the distributor offers the full production and distribution package, that their royalty rates are higher than those of their competitors, or that their audiobooks are accessible on different platforms than their competitors.
Preparing to Record an Audiobook at Ooligan Press: Scripting
Take a peek inside Ooligan at our audiobook scripting process.
Why Do E-books Look Different From Print Books?
You may have noticed that whenever you read an e-book the layout of the pages is slightly different from a print book or a PDF. It might be that the images are not in the same place or that the table of contents does not have page numbers, for example. Have you ever wondered why this happens?
Subscription Models for Digital Literature
One of the main aspects that is necessary to understand about digital literature (and that is a particular characteristic of the subscription-based streaming era we are living in) is that unlike its printed counterpart, digital books are streamed, not owned.
3 Insights Into Social Media for Authors
Many debut authors feel overwhelmed and confused by social media. But with modern digital marketing tools like social media, it is possible for authors with even a modest marketing budget to expand their reach and connect with enthusiastic readers effectively and in a more targeted manner than ever before.