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Old 06-28-2016, 10:18 AM   #5
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AFAIK no other Rakuten company sells them either.
I totally forgot that Rakuten owns OverDrive so they do already have a large audiobook distribution system for both library and retail.


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Apple sells audio books, yet? Some kind of downoadable mp3 file, I expect (or do they sell wav files?) Are they competitive with Audible? I typically only hear Audible talked about so now I'm beginning to wonder about how robust Apple's audio book offerings is?
Apple's audiobooks are provided by Audible, or at least they were at one point. They may have taken it "in house" at this point, but I don't think so. I know ACX offers iTunes as a distribution option and that is essentially Audible/Amazon.

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