Spoken commissioned Edison Research at SSRS to compare how fiction audiobook listeners responded to AI and human narration. The results raise some major questions about what listeners value and where audiobook production may be heading. Kindlepreneur also uncovered a growing issue with Amazon categories, while Miblart, GetCovers, Book Brush, ProWritingAid, and more shared new tools and opportunities for authors.

• Dibbly Create - https://DaleLinks.com/DibblyCreate (affiliate link)
• Spoken - https://Spoken.press
• Edison Research at SSRS - https://www.spoken.press/edisonsurvey
• Variety: Surprise: Many People Prefer AI Audiobooks, New Study Finds - https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spoken-ai-audiobooks-preferencenew-edison-research-study-1236810295/
• What Audiobook Listeners Want Now: A Spoken Roundtable - https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spoken-ai-audiobooks-preferencenew-edison-research-study-1236810295/

• Kindlepreneur - https://kindlepreneur.com
• Publisher Rocket - https://DaleLinks.com/Rocket (affiliate link)
• Novel Report - https://DaleLinks.com/NovelReport (affiliate link)

• Miblart - https://DaleLinks.com/Miblart (affiliate link)
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• Miblart: Book Cover Design 101 (guide) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mwZP1pIiuECd2SzkHoD6_qvtnUQypyp9/view
• GetCovers - https://DaleLinks.com/GetCovers (affiliate link)
• Use CHEERS20 for 20% off till July 17, 2026
• GetCovers: Does Your Book Cover Perform at Its Best? - https://getcovers.com/cover-performance-quiz/

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• ProWritingAid: Character Analysis - https://prowritingaid.com/features/character-analysis?afid=6615
• The Indy Author Podcast: Chart Your Course Consulting - https://www.theindyauthor.com/chart-your-course
• Book Brush: BookMARCon 2026 - https://bookbrush.com/bookmarcon/
• Book Brush - https://BookBrush.com
• Inside Scoop Live: EMAIL MARKETING FOR AUTHORS by Dale L. Roberts - https://youtu.be/gxVwwmf14ic?si=9Q1FnvPy9wUdQAsc
• Bradley Charbonneau | Repossible: I Asked a YouTube Expert What’s Working in 2026 (TTS7E28) with @DaleLRoberts - https://youtu.be/Q-3pntcDaxs?si=CDYZJOlI3E2xk_h5
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• Self-Publishing with Dale series (Smashwords) - https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/113712

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Time Stamps Credit: @AuthorDLTillery
0:00 Intro
0:28 Dibbly Create
1:30 Spoken
1:35 Edison Research at SSRS
3:40 Variety: Surprise: Many People Prefer AI Audiobooks, New Study Finds
4:04 What Audiobook Listeners Want Now: A Spoken Roundtable
4:26 Kindlepreneur
5:35 Publisher Rocket
5:41 Novel Report
5:57 Miblart: Book Cover Design 101 (guide)
6:57 GetCovers: Does Your Book Cover Perform at Its Best?
7:34 ProWritingAid: Character Analysis
8:00 The Indy Author Podcast: Chart Your Course Consulting
8:23 Book Brush: BookMARCon 2026
8:52 Inside Scoop Live: EMAIL MARKETING FOR AUTHORS by Dale L. Roberts
9:15 Bradley Charbonneau | Repossible: I Asked a YouTube Expert What’s Working in 2026 (TTS7E28) with @DaleLRoberts
9:32 Self-Publishing with Dale series (Smashwords)
9:57 Closing

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