New US start-up to offer serialised fiction in ebook and audiobook formats

In the US, new digital publishing venture Serial Box will deliver original fiction in ebook and audiobook formats on a weekly basis to emulate the episode nature of TV series, reports Publishers Weekly. Serial Box will employ a team of writers to produce series of between 13-16 episodes, with a lead writer assigned to shape each series. Episodes can be accessed on an app that can toggle between ebook and audio formats, as well as through Google Play and iTunes, with each episode costing US$1.99 (A$2.83) for non-subscribers and US$1.59 ($2.26) for subscribers. The first episode of each series will be available for free. Still in beta, Serial Box launched on 16 September with a paranormal crime series BookBurners; in late October it will release Tremontaine, a ‘swashbuckling 13-episode love and adventure series’. Serial Box was founded by former Penguin Random House global digital director Molly Barton and former Justice Department senior counsel Julian Yap.

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