Free to Listen Fantasy Romance Audiobook: Shadow and Soul

It hasn't been a good week for me.

If you like no spice romantasy, Panzer found this one on the author's channel on Youtube.

 

Shadow and Soul is written by AR Colbert. It's 6 hours 22 minutes long.

 

To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Romantasy Audiobook 

Free to Listen Cozy Mystery Audiobook: Murder At The Rusty Anchor

I'll find something else for you.

Panzer found this cozy mystery on the John Katt channel on Youtube.

 

Murder At The Rusty Anchor is written by Maddie Day. It's read by Rachel Dalude and 7 hours 5 minutes long.

 

To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Cozy Mystery Audiobook 

Free to Listen Small Town Romance: Catch Me

I'll be back with something else for you.

Here's a contemporary  romance Panzer found on the author's channel on Youtube.

 

Catch Me is written by Ellie Rhodes. It's 4 hours 57 minutes long.

 

 To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Small Town Romance 

How to Spend $50 Million on the Nonprofit Literary Arts - Publishing Perspectives

Is it Friday yet?

Panzer discovered this interesting post on the Publishing Perspectives site.

 

The post is an information and opinion piece about the Literary Arts Fund. The LAF just gave out their first round of grants to nonprofits. Don't rush to apply for the next round of grants because you need to read the post first.

 

Panzer says, "Never heard of them? Not surprising. They got started October of last year."

 

Note: This is an extremely long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on. 

 

To read the post tootle over to Literary Arts Fund 

Bloomsbury On Track for Record Year - Publishers Daily

They talk about 2027. 

Panzer made a quick stop at the Publishers Daily site today. Our inquisitive kitty boy found a post about Bloomsbury Publishing there.

 

According to information provided during Bloomsbury's annual meeting the company expectis record sales.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty always gets confused when a company uses a different year than it is."

 

Note: This is a short post. Bring a glass of iced tea to drink.

 

To read the post tootle over to Bloomsbury 

Winners Announced For The 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards

Mom read me "The Lottery." I'll never forget it.

The Shirley Jackson Awards winners were announced at the Readercon on July 12. The awards are presented for outstanding horror, dark fantastic and psychological suspense fiction.

 

The winner in each of the five categories are listed in a post at the Shirley Jackson Awards site. Also included in the post is a link to video on Youtube of the awards presentation.

 

To read the winners list or watch the presentation tootle over to Shirley Jackson Awards 

U.S. Publishers Sue Google, Alleging Massive Copyright Infringement Behind Its Gemini AI Service - Publishing Perspectives

You owe me for all this. Treats accepted daily.

Panzer's last stop today was at the Publishing Perspectives site. With no digging in the posts at all he found one about publishers suing Google.

 

According to the post, Google is joining the ranks of AI companies being sued for copyright infringement by publishers and authors.  The post contains links to several other posts about past lawsuits and other information.

 

Panzer says, "It was expected that Gemini would be dragged into the copyright infringement lawsuits."

 

Note: This is a super long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to Google and Gemini Lawsuit 

Killer Nashville Magazine Online Update

Nothing ever remains free.

Panzer found updates to the July online edition of the Killer Nashville Magazine.

 

When you land on the Table of Contents page, clicking a red link will take you to the article, feature or fiction. Anything in white is a non-working link.

 

You need to purchase a subscription to read the full issue.

 

To read the issue samples tootle over to Killer Nashville Magazine

Some Listeners Prefer AI Narration for Multi-Voice Audiobooks - Publishers Daily

The work I do for you.

Panzer's stop at the Publisher's Daily site gave him some interesting information about AI narration.

 

The post there has quotes and information from two different surveys of listeners' opinions about AI narration of audiobooks.

 

Panzer says, "Since I have Kitty Conjunctiv-something-or-other wrong with my eye, it's a good thing Publishers Daily has AI narration on this post and I have GPS auto-pilot in the Panzermobile."

 

Note:This is a long post. Bring a glass of iced tea and a bowl of chocolate ice cream to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to AI Narration 

No Post Today

Panzer has a little eye problem today.

 

He went to the today and got a prescription.

 

Now he's taking an extra long nap.

 

We'll be back tomorrow.