Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited is now Kindle+, and the 2 big changes include AI audiobooks
Source: ZDNet ·
Unlike narrated audiobooks from Audible and other providers, the audiobooks created with Virtual Voice in Kindle+ will instead be narrated by AI.
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Amazon just rebranded its Kindle Unlimited subscription to become Kindle+, and will continue to offer unlimited reading from an eligible Kindle catalog for $12 a month. It will also expand its audiobook category to include books read by AI narrators. Also: I jailbroke my old Kindle, but I found a safer way to add books Kindle+ remains a separate subscription from Prime, and users will still be able to borrow up to 20 titles at once. Expanded audiobook selection with Kindle+ The upgrade expands the already available audiobook category through the subscription. It’ll also give authors the option to include more eligible audiobooks in Kindle+, including AI-narrated titles. Amazon hopes to enhance the reading experience by letting users continue their ebooks with virtual narration as they go about their day after putting down their Kindle. Amazon is offering the Virtual Voice service free to authors in the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) program. With Virtual Voice, authors can have their…