Licensing2024-06-24confirmed
ElevenLabs × HarperCollins Publishers
ElevenLabs partnered with HarperCollins to create audiobooks using AI voice technology. The deal allows ElevenLabs to use HarperCollins' backlist to generate audio versions of books that might not otherwise receive a traditional audio production.
Price paid
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Not disclosed
Losing bid
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Per unit
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no meaningful ratio
The asset
Licensing of book text to produce AI-generated audiobooks in multiple languages.
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- book publishing
- Modalities
- text
- Jurisdiction
- US
What it means if you hold data
This is a significant step in the publishing industry's acceptance of AI for content transformation, turning text archives into new revenue-generating audio assets.
Sources
- maginative.com — https://www.maginative.com/article/harpercollins-partners-with-elevenlabs-to-use-ai-to-expand-audiobook-catalog/
- booksandpublishing.com.au — https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/04/23/250035/harpercollins-uk-partners-with-ai-company-on-audiobooks/
- goodereader.com — https://goodereader.com/blog/audiobooks/harpercollins-to-produce-ai-generated-audiobooks