Audible’s new proposed royalty structure is a slap in the face to authors, readers who care about them, and exactly opposite of what they promised Brandon Sanderson barely a year ago.
It is an attempt to seize a monopoly by punishing authors until they agree to exclusivity, which would drive Audible’s competitors out of the market.
Ha did they finally found a use case for AI ? Last time I checked it wasn’t even able to read a book without making things up. But OCR and text to speech exist since years and can’t beat humain warmth.