23 January 2025
Storytel Releases Its First Fully AI-Produced Audiobook New Horizon
What happens when AI is tasked with writing a book? Does the result provide a satisfying reading experience?Storytel initiated a project in the spring of 2024 with the purpose of exploring how generative AI can be utilized in the creative process, identifying available AI tools to streamline workflows, and gaining a deeper understanding of the quality of the final product. AI would be responsible for writing, translating, narrating, and illustrating a complete work. The framework: a futuristic novel about love and relationships in an AI-driven world, aimed primarily at a young audience.
18 September 2024
Storytel Announces App Update in Response to Apple’s New iOS Launch
Storytel is excited to announce that its app will be updated to align with Apple’s new operating system. The update, launching Monday September 16, will enhance user experience by integrating new features and optimizing performance for Apple users.
1 September 2024
It Ends with Us climbs Storytel’s charts post-movie premiere
Colleen Hoover’s novel It Ends with Us has seen a resurgence on Storytel following the premiere of the film adaptation. Since the movie's debut in August, there has been a notable spike in demand for the original audiobook.
17 June 2024
Becoming Sherlock 2 reel: Listen to the local adaptations of Storytel's new Sherlock Holmes adventure
The second installment of the Becoming Sherlock audiobook series is finally about to be released. Becoming Sherlock: The Irregulars, is written by the acclaimed thriller author Sarah J Naughton, under the creative direction of the bestselling TV, film, and novel writer Anthony Horowitz.Becoming Sherlock is released on multiple markets, and exclusively on Storytel.
24 April 2024
Storytel celebrates Sandemo's 100th birthday with an exclusive prequel to The Legend of the Ice People
Margit Sandemo's beloved romance series, The Legend of the Ice People, receives a standalone continuation. Norwegian author Hilde Susan Jægtnes has written a prequel to the bestselling series, exclusively released on Storytel Sweden this summer.The news comes on World Book Day, also the day when Margit Sandemo would have turned 100.
27 March 2024
Authors and narrators celebrated at six Storytel Awards galas
The Storytel Awards season has concluded. Authors and narrators have been celebrated and honored at the galas in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo, Reykjavik, and Amsterdam. More than 60 statuettes have been awarded to the storytellers behind the stories that moved, informed, and entertained the audiobook listeners the most in 2023.
27 February 2024
Storytel offers a more personalized audiobook experience – with first class AI narrators
Storytel is launching the Voice Switcher in Sweden – an innovative feature that allows audiobook listeners to switch seamlessly between different narrations. Using new technology, the original human narrator is supplemented by three different first-class AI-generated voices, for the first time optimized for reading fiction.– This launch is more than just a feature. It's a statement of our leadership in innovation and our dedication to enhancing the audiobook experience for our listeners worldwide, says Johan Ståhle, Chief Product Officer at Storytel.
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Storytel Releases Its First Fully AI-Produced Audiobook New Horizon
What happens when AI is tasked with writing a book? Does the result provide a satisfying reading experience?Storytel initiated a project in the spring of 2024 with the purpose of exploring how generative AI can be utilized in the creative process, identifying available AI tools to streamline workflows, and gaining a deeper understanding of the quality of the final product. AI would be responsible for writing, translating, narrating, and illustrating a complete work. The framework: a futuristic novel about love and relationships in an AI-driven world, aimed primarily at a young audience.
Nobel Laureate in Literature Trends on Storytel
Immediately after the Swedish Academy announced that South Korean author Han Kang is this year's Nobel laureate in Literature, there was a surge in demand for her titles on Storytel.On October 10, the same day as the announcement, listening and reading of the author's titles increased by 2700 percent in the markets where they are available. On the same day, searches for the author's name spiked by over 100,000 percent compared to average levels.The most popular Han Kang book on Storytel is The Vegetarian, originally published in 2007. It entered the top ten most listened-to and read titles on the platform in several markets where it is available in the days following the announcement. In Finland, for example, it reached sixth place, and in Italy and Egypt, it climbed all the way to first place. Han Kang, 53, was awarded the Nobel prize for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. Han is the first South Korean author to win the literature prize, and just the 18th woman out of the 117 prizes awarded since 1901.
Storytel Announces App Update in Response to Apple’s New iOS Launch
Storytel is excited to announce that its app will be updated to align with Apple’s new operating system. The update, launching Monday September 16, will enhance user experience by integrating new features and optimizing performance for Apple users.
It Ends with Us climbs Storytel’s charts post-movie premiere
Colleen Hoover’s novel It Ends with Us has seen a resurgence on Storytel following the premiere of the film adaptation. Since the movie's debut in August, there has been a notable spike in demand for the original audiobook.
Becoming Sherlock 2 reel: Listen to the local adaptations of Storytel's new Sherlock Holmes adventure
The second installment of the Becoming Sherlock audiobook series is finally about to be released. Becoming Sherlock: The Irregulars, is written by the acclaimed thriller author Sarah J Naughton, under the creative direction of the bestselling TV, film, and novel writer Anthony Horowitz.Becoming Sherlock is released on multiple markets, and exclusively on Storytel.
Storytel celebrates Sandemo's 100th birthday with an exclusive prequel to The Legend of the Ice People
Margit Sandemo's beloved romance series, The Legend of the Ice People, receives a standalone continuation. Norwegian author Hilde Susan Jægtnes has written a prequel to the bestselling series, exclusively released on Storytel Sweden this summer.The news comes on World Book Day, also the day when Margit Sandemo would have turned 100.
Authors and narrators celebrated at six Storytel Awards galas
The Storytel Awards season has concluded. Authors and narrators have been celebrated and honored at the galas in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo, Reykjavik, and Amsterdam. More than 60 statuettes have been awarded to the storytellers behind the stories that moved, informed, and entertained the audiobook listeners the most in 2023.
Storytel offers a more personalized audiobook experience – with first class AI narrators
Storytel is launching the Voice Switcher in Sweden – an innovative feature that allows audiobook listeners to switch seamlessly between different narrations. Using new technology, the original human narrator is supplemented by three different first-class AI-generated voices, for the first time optimized for reading fiction.– This launch is more than just a feature. It's a statement of our leadership in innovation and our dedication to enhancing the audiobook experience for our listeners worldwide, says Johan Ståhle, Chief Product Officer at Storytel.
Valentine’s: People are searching for love on Storytel
On Valentine’s Day, Storytel listeners are searching for love. Literally, that is. The words “kärlek” (“love” in Swedish) and “romance” appear several times as often on February 14 than on any other day in the search field in the audiobook service.
Bestseller One day gains new success on Storytel 15 years after the release
One day, David Nicholls' acclaimed best-selling novel from 2009, is experiencing new successes on Storytel. The story, which follows Dexter and Emma on a specific day each year over twenty years, starting with their university graduation in the summer of 1988, premiered as a series on Netflix earlier this week. This seems to have resulted in a tremendous demand to listen to the original story.
