Inside Independent Publishing (with Ibpa)

Audible has announced its intention to “subtitle” its audiobooks, but publishers are calling it a rights violation. What’s going on? CEO Angela Bole explains what steps IBPA is taking to protect its membership.Angela Bole and host Peter Goodman discuss the latest turn in the injunction against Audible initiated by some of the country’s largest publishers.Why should publishers be concerned?What’s happening in the court case?How did this all get started?What’s been the IBPA response?LinksPublishing Perspectives detailed article on the lawsuit, the IBPA letter, and the publishers requesting exclusion from the Captions program.https://publishingperspectives.com/2019/09/ibpa-backs-us-publishers-association-in-objections-to-audible-captions/IBPA’s own source of news and updates on the Audible lawsuit.https://www.ibpa-online.org/news/467194/Updated-IBPA-Seeks-Information-from-Members-Interested-in-Exclusion-from-Audible-Captions.htmParticipantsAngela Bole is chief executive officer of the Independent Book Publishers