eBook & Audiobook Industry

NetSlut · 05-16-2009, 10:03 AM

Hi guys and gals,

I've been quiet for a while as work has taken me to some interesting places.

In particular, my Harvey program has been the cause of a company seeking me out and hiring me.

I'm now with gospoken.com (Andy McNab's company) as their Head of Development; they are the only people I know of who sell ebooks and audiobooks for mobile phones, that can be downloaded in sections.

The reason for my post though, is to ask you all what kind of changes and improvements you'd like to see to this kind of service. I have several ideas and I'm certain you all will have plenty more. We want to become more useful to you all, and I think this is a good way to start.

One idea I have is that of offering an 'unsigned' author section, where we offer ebooks for sale at a cheap price or even free, like the self-published stuff on this site.

I also thought that offering packs of reference books that are approved by Universities or Colleges as being suitable for a specific course might be useful.

Please do comment or suggest a service you'd like to see...

Ian

GeoffC · 05-16-2009, 10:48 AM

subtitles

zelda_pinwheel · 05-16-2009, 09:34 PM

hey, exciting stuff ! can you tell us a bit more about the service ? is it like serialised novels, or what ?

NetSlut · 05-21-2009, 04:27 PM

The service does two things really.

First, we sell ebooks wrapped up in a JAR file that includes the reader application.

Second, we sell audiobooks split up into sections, with one section being one CD worth. The audio is compressed as either MP3 (giving a file size of around 10-14MB per CD) or as AAC or eAAC+ (file sizes drop to around 4-7MB per CD). Other services only sell the whole audio as a very large file, so our service is great to get sections as and when you want them. We also stream the audio if you want, so you can start listening immediately.

Ian

05-16-2009, 10:03 AM	#1
NetSlut Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 657 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Slough, UK Device: Sony Reader	eBook & Audiobook Industry Hi guys and gals, I've been quiet for a while as work has taken me to some interesting places. In particular, my Harvey program has been the cause of a company seeking me out and hiring me. I'm now with gospoken.com (Andy McNab's company) as their Head of Development; they are the only people I know of who sell ebooks and audiobooks for mobile phones, that can be downloaded in sections. The reason for my post though, is to ask you all what kind of changes and improvements you'd like to see to this kind of service. I have several ideas and I'm certain you all will have plenty more. We want to become more useful to you all, and I think this is a good way to start. One idea I have is that of offering an 'unsigned' author section, where we offer ebooks for sale at a cheap price or even free, like the self-published stuff on this site. I also thought that offering packs of reference books that are approved by Universities or Colleges as being suitable for a specific course might be useful. Please do comment or suggest a service you'd like to see... Ian

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05-16-2009, 10:48 AM	#2
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	subtitles

05-16-2009, 09:34 PM	#3
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hey, exciting stuff ! can you tell us a bit more about the service ? is it like serialised novels, or what ?

05-21-2009, 04:27 PM	#4
NetSlut Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 657 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Slough, UK Device: Sony Reader	The service does two things really. First, we sell ebooks wrapped up in a JAR file that includes the reader application. Second, we sell audiobooks split up into sections, with one section being one CD worth. The audio is compressed as either MP3 (giving a file size of around 10-14MB per CD) or as AAC or eAAC+ (file sizes drop to around 4-7MB per CD). Other services only sell the whole audio as a very large file, so our service is great to get sections as and when you want them. We also stream the audio if you want, so you can start listening immediately. Ian

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