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Spotify is letting authors market like artists

Spotify is letting authors market like artists

Technology
Today, Spotify revealed a brand-new function to let audiobook authors and publishers tease their brand-new releases. Countdown Pages, which debuted for music artists in 2015 and has actually been utilized by the similarity Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift, let fans pre-save an approaching title and have it pop into their library when it's launched. The page is decorated with a big countdown clock-- with a timer decreasing to the 2nd-- to get listeners thrilled. The function's not innovative, however it remains in line with how Spotify separates itself as an audiobook service provider.Getting ahead of a brand-new audiobook is quite basic. On conventional platforms like Audible, you can preorder the title, and it will appear in your library on release day. The majority of individuals taking in au...
It’s Not Easy Running a Geeky Business

It’s Not Easy Running a Geeky Business

Technology
Avoid Article Header. Avoid to: Start of Article. Carol Pinchefsky's book Turn Your Fandom Into Cash assists individuals monetize their hobbies.Mat Hayward/Getty Images Carol Pinchefsky has actually composed nearly 2,000 posts about geek culture for outlets such as Forbes.com, Playboy.com, and Syfy.com. Over the previous 20 years, she's enjoyed dream and sci-fi grow from a specific niche interest to an enormous cultural force. "There utilized to be a point where I understood whatever there was to learn about geek culture due to the fact that it was included within a couple of spheres," Pinchefsky states in Episode 504 of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. "But now there's such an expansion that it's a little frustrating. I really can't maintain. Which's unfortunat...