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News Podcast: ElevenLabs Launches Audiobook Platform; Audible Rolls Out ‘Read and Listen' Feature
On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports on ElevenLabs’ new end-to-end audiobook creation and distribution platform aimed at indie authors. He also examines Audible’s new “Read and Listen” feature, which allows users to switch between ebook and audiobook formats, and explores what this growing format convergence could mean for author royalties and reader expectations.
News Summary: Mastodon Courts Creators with New Features; Snapchat Launches Creator Subscriptions
Social media stories in the news have tended to center on TikTok (whether that be BookTok-related items or anything and everything to do with the erstwhile-planned ban in the US, whether it would happen, what it would mean, how it is avoided, and so on).
Meet ALLi at The London Book Fair 2026: Panels, Author Talks, and Drinks Party
In 2026, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) returns to The London Book Fair for a week of insightful panel…
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