Digital Audiobook Downloads & More. Random House Audio abandons audiobook DRM. Random House Audio -- a division of Bertelsmann, one of the largest publishing conglomerates in the world -- has announced that it will now allow its audiobooks to be sold without DRM by all of its online retailers.
In the announcement, Random House notes that they've been running a DRM-free audiobook program with eMusic for months, and that none of the pirate editions of their audiobooks online came from those DRM-free editions; rather, they've come from DRM'ed editions that were cracked, and from ripped CDs. I know, I know -- duh. But how freaking cool is it to have a publisher come out and say that in public?
I'm especially pleased about this because I've been doing a couple of little publishing deals with various Random House divisions. The German division publishes translations of my novels in Germany and Austria, while Random House Audio is doing the audiobook version of my forthcoming novel, Little Brother. PDF Link. BBC Audiobooks to go DRM-free via Random House Audio - The Digital Reader. December 20th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · 2 Comments · audiobook, BBC, Random House Audio When Amazon announced last month that they were acquiring the rights to half of bankrupt AudioGo‘s audiobook catalog, this blogger wondered what would happen to the rest of the titles.
Now we know. Rather than sign a deal with Audible, the BBC has agreed to let Random House Audio distribute their audiobooks. BBC’s catalog of over 3,500 audiobook titles will be made available via Random House Audio starting on 23 December. Random House Audio is getting global distribution rights with the exception of North America, Australia, and New Zealand, and Random House Audio will also be producing new titles in partnership with the BBC. You should expect to see the titles showing up in Audible in fairly short order, but I wouldn’t buy them there. And to make things even better, Random House Audio also sells direct to the public. This is very good news to anyone who doesn’t like DRM, wouldn’t you agree? Tags: Wiley Goes DRM-Free - Titles to Be Sold Through O’Reilly - The Digital Reader. November 15th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · 1 Comment · ebookstore news About 3 weeks ago Joe Wikert, the general manager of O’Reilly Media, hinted in a blog post that an unnamed small publisher was contemplating taking a new direction with DRM-free ebooks, and today I think that publisher was named.
O’Reilly Media is well known for their stance in favor of selling ebooks without any encumbrance of DRM, a position which has been proved correct as revenues increased while the ebook market grew. Wiley Goes DRM-Free – Titles to Be Sold Through O’Reilly. November 15th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · 1 Comment · ebookstore news About 3 weeks ago Joe Wikert, the general manager of O’Reilly Media, hinted in a blog post that an unnamed small publisher was contemplating taking a new direction with DRM-free ebooks, and today I think that publisher was named.
O’Reilly Media is well known for their stance in favor of selling ebooks without any encumbrance of DRM, a position which has been proved correct as revenues increased while the ebook market grew. Now John Wiley & Sons, tech publisher extraordinaire, plans to join O’Reilly in going DRM-free. They announced today that they would soon be selling 3 thousand current titles via the O’Reilly ebookstore. OmniLit - The bookstore on the corner of your digital neighborhood. Baen eBooks Are Now Available via the Nook Store. October 21st, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · 1 Comment · ebookstore news If you are looking for a new source for your SF and fantasy fix then I have some good news for you. eBooks published by Baen, one of the leading SF publishers in the US, are now selling in the Nook Store.
Baen was one of the original ebook pioneers and has been selling DRM-free ebooks direct to readers since the year 2000. Over the past year they have expanded their distribution to include a number of the major ebookstores, including the Kindle Store, Sony, iBooks, and more. This publisher was launched in 1983 by SF publisher and editor Jim Baen. A Dozen Sites for Free Audiobooks. The internet is overflowing with nearly as many free audiobooks as ebooks.
There are dozens if not hundreds of sites with free audiobooks, and I have pulled together a short list of 12 sites where you can find a broad selection. Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is best known for being the first website to offer free public domain ebooks, but they also have audibooks for you to download. The selection is drawn from a variety of sites, including Librivox, AudiobooksForFree, and LiteralSystems.org.
Podiobooks.com This is not your father’s audiobook site. The audiobooks are free, but donations are gratefully accepted. LibriVox. Humble Audiobook Bundle 2 featuring Recorded Books. Buy the Audiobook for Unclutter Your Life in One Week without DRM.