ZDNET的关键外卖
- Amazon正式将Kindle无限品牌更名为Kindle+.
- 音书正在成为Kindle+订阅的更大部分。
- 音频书籍清单将包括大赦国际描述的标题。
Amazon刚将Kindle无限订阅重新品牌成为Kindle+，并且将继续提供来自合格Kindle目录的无限阅读，每月12美元。 它还将扩大其音书类别，以包括更多的标题，包括由AI 旁白者阅读的一些标题。
以 Kindle+ 扩展音频书选择
通过订阅，将已有的音书类扩展升级。 也让作者可以选择在Kindle+中加入更多符合资格的音书
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Amazon希望通过让用户在放下Kindle后的一天里用虚拟的叙述来继续他们的电子书来增强阅读体验。 现在用户将能够从更多可用的音频书中选择，从传统的旁白到用虚拟声音创建的。
Amazon向Kindle Direct Publishing(KDP)程序的作者提供免费的虚拟语音服务。 有了虚拟之声，作者可以免费让AI描述他们的书籍，有可能接触到更广泛的受众。
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Amazon KDP程序让作者在Kindle上自行发布他们的电子书并注册到Kindle+(原Kindle Unlimited)，以接触更多的读者。 Kindle+-注册的作者在阅读页面时挣取钱，而不是每次下载。 作者通过Kindle+获得的收入取决于每月的付款率和阅读的页数总数。
为什么虚拟声音可能是一个问题
作为忠实的读者和音频书的收听者，我可以争辩说，AI叙述的书会贬低音频书的人文层面。 服务可以剥夺专业旁白者的工作，他们中许多人有自己的追随者。
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虽然在旁听者创造的音频书经验与AI读取的音频书不同，但是在KDP计划中注册的作者在虚拟旁听者已经可以免费使用时，可能会选择绕过人类旁听者的音频书。
聆听Kindle的消息并非新鲜事。
然而，在Kindle设备上和Kindle应用上，听书是可能的多年。 一些Kindle无限制电子书已经包括免费使用专业叙述的音频书，但并非全部。
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Kindle 访问功能，如辅助阅读器和VoiceView，也允许高声收听文本。
然而，最大的变化是Kindle+将包含比以前更多的音频书籍，让订阅者选择更多的标题。 简化为作者创作的音书，让更多的人有机会出版新的标题。
大部分订阅没有变化
Kindle+订阅的更改很少。 Amazon不会提高Kindle+的价格，用户仍然可以像现在对Kindle Unlimited一样从Kindle+借书。
Kindle+是一个再品牌，而不是新的订阅。 读者会获得扩展的收听选项，但阅读体验基本没有变化。
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Kindle+提供更多录音资料，寻找专人叙事和戏剧化的音频书籍的读者也可以使用Audible等平台，如Libby通过当地图书馆访问。
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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- Amazon is officially rebranding Kindle Unlimited as Kindle+.
- Audiobooks are becoming a bigger part of the Kindle+ subscription.
- The list of audiobooks will include titles narrated by AI.
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 more titles, including some read by AI narrators.
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.
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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. Users will now be able to choose from many more available audiobooks, from traditional narrators to those created with Virtual Voice.
Amazon is offering the Virtual Voice service free to authors in the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) program. With Virtual Voice, authors can have their books narrated by AI at no cost, potentially reaching a wider audience.
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The Amazon KDP program lets authors self-publish their ebooks on Kindle and enroll in Kindle+ (formerly Kindle Unlimited) to reach more readers. Kindle+-enrolled authors earn money for pages read, not per download. The author’s earnings through Kindle+ depend on the month’s payout rate and the total number of pages read.
Why Virtual Voice may be a problem
As a loyal reader and audiobook listener, I could argue that an AI-narrated book detracts from the human dimension of audiobooks. The service could take jobs away from professional narrators, many of whom have followings of their own.
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While the audiobook experience differs when created by a narrator versus read by AI, authors enrolled in the KDP program may choose to bypass a human narrator for their audiobooks when a virtual narrator is already available for free.
Listening on Kindle isn’t new
However, listening to books has been possible on Kindle devices and the Kindle app for years. Some Kindle Unlimited ebooks already included free access to a professionally narrated audiobook, though not all.
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Kindle accessibility features like Assistive Reader and VoiceView also enabled listening to text read aloud.
The biggest change, however, is that Kindle+ will include more audiobooks than before, giving subscribers more titles to choose from. Simplifying the audiobook creation for authors gives more people the chance to publish new titles.
Most of the subscription is unchanged
There are very few changes to the Kindle+ subscription. Amazon will not increase the price of Kindle+, and users will still be able to borrow books from Kindle+ as they do now with Kindle Unlimited.
Kindle+ is a rebrand, not a new subscription. Readers will get expanded listening options, but the reading experience remains largely unchanged.
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You’ll be able to find more audiobooks with your subscription, depending on which authors make them available for Kindle+. Readers looking for exclusively human-narrated and dramatized audiobooks can also use Audible and other platforms, like Libby through their local library, to access them.
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