Open book repository Project Gutenberg has turned thousands of its titles into audiobooks practically overnight using synthetic speech, available now for download or streaming on multiple services.

Forward-looking: Audiobooks have gained popularity in recent years due to their accessibility, but recording them can be difficult and expensive. Researchers recently demonstrated an automated method ...

The popular e-book download site Z-Library was shut down earlier this month by U.S. federal authorities, as we reported last week, likely for the distribution of pirated materials. This left students ...