Germany-based Bookwire will create AI-narrated audiobooks using ElevenLabs technology and make them available in the Eleven Reader app in more than a dozen languages. The press release says, “At Bookwire, we are driven by one clear goal: to help publishers achieve maximum reach and success for their titles worldwide. … Through our partnership with ElevenLabs, publishers who choose this model can now access a powerful new route into the global audio market.”
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
