More than 67 million Americans tune in to audiobooks every year, the report found, with almost half of frequent listeners younger than 35. The burgeoning audiobook market totaled more than $2.1 billion in sales in 2016, according to an Audio Publishers Association sales survey last year - an 18% increase from 2015. You can use your voice to ask Alexa to begin reading by simply saying 'Alexa, read book title.' Or you can navigate in the Alexa companion app under the new Kindle Books section to see. Some simple commands include “OK Google, read my book,” “OK Google, who is the author?” and “OK Google, stop playing in (X) minutes.”Īlso read: Google Home Mini or Amazon Echo Dot: Which $49 smart speaker is right for you? George Saunders’ “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a Man Booker prize-winning New York Times bestseller, features an all-star voice cast including Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Miranda July, Don Cheadle, Bradley Whitford, Carrie Brownstein and Lena Dunham.īooks are shareable for free in the Family Library, according to Google, which will also keep your place in the book across devices.
There’s also “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo” by Amy Schumer and “America Again” by Stephen Colbert for thrillseekers, there’s “The Rooster Bar” by John Grisham and “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” “Why Not Me” by Mindy Kaling and “Astrophysics For People In A Hurry” by astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.Īlso read: Buy Cycle: When getting an Amazon Echo leads to… LibriVox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to, on their computers, iPods or other mobile device, or to burn onto a CD. Step 2: Getting Audio Books for Alexa to Read Ask the skill to get a book youve recently accessed on another device (your history.) Search for books through.
A series of discounted book offerings under $10 - “to celebrate the launch,” Google says - include Michael Wolff’s salacious, much-scrutinized White House tell-all, “Fire and Fury,” J.K.
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