{"id":13473,"date":"2021-01-22T12:47:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T12:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonathanmoeller.com\/writer\/?p=13473"},"modified":"2021-01-22T12:47:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T12:47:25","slug":"ghosts-audiobooks-coming-to-kobo-google-play-and-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanmoeller.com\/writer\/?p=13473","title":{"rendered":"GHOSTS audiobooks coming to Kobo, Google Play, and libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some interesting news in the world of audiobooks this week – it seems that ACX is revising its exclusivity requirements for audiobooks<\/a>. Key quote from the announcement:<\/p>\n

“We are also making other changes to our ACX policies to provide more flexibility, which we know is important to you. Effective February 1, ACX Rights Holders of DIY or Pay-for-Production titles that have been on sale for 90 or more days can convert their distribution type from exclusive to non-exclusive.”<\/em><\/p>\n

What that means is that previously ACX required exclusive audiobooks to remain exclusive with them for 7 years, which meant they only showed up on Audible, iTunes, and Amazon. That made sense in the last decade, but there’s a much bigger audio ecosystem than there was even two years ago, and ACX was having Big Problems throughout 2020.<\/p>\n

So, starting on February 1, if all goes well I will begin taking the GHOSTS audiobooks wide, which means if you listen on Kobo, Google Play, Chirp, Scribd, certain public library services, and a bunch of other sites, the GHOSTS audiobooks will appear there before much longer. Watch this space for news!<\/p>\n

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-JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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