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2. Kumon - Wikipedia

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   Kumon was founded by Toru Kumon, a Japanese educator, in July 1958, when he opened the first Kumon Maths Centre in Moriguchi, Osaka. Prior to creating the Kumon franchise, Kumon taught at Kochi Municipal High School and Tosa Junior/Senior High School. Inspired by teaching his own son, Takeshi, Kumon developed a curriculum focused on rote ...

3. Audible (service) - Wikipedia

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   Audible is an American online audiobook and podcast service that allows users to purchase and stream audiobooks and other forms of spoken word content. This content can be purchased individually or under a subscription model where the user receives "credits" that can be redeemed for content monthly and receive access to a curated on-demand library of content.

4. Audiobook - Wikipedia

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   The overall cost to produce an audiobook can vary significantly, as longer books require more studio time and more well known narrators come at a premium. According to a representative at Audible, the cost of recording an audiobook has fallen from around US$25,000 in the late 1990s to around US$2,000-US$3,000 in 2014. [33]

5. Simply Audiobooks - Wikipedia

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   Simply Audiobooks is a privately held e-commerce company that offers audiobooks for rental, downloading, and sale. Their primary product line is a subscription-based rent-by-mail model for books on CD, similar to Netflix 's DVD-by-mail model. Although a Canadian company, based in Burlington, Ontario, the majority of Simply Audiobooks' customers ...

6. Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling ...

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   In 2020, spoken-word children's albums were moved here from the Best Children's Album category. [1] From 2023 it was awarded as Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. [2] Poetry reading now has its own Grammy category, Best Spoken Word Poetry Album. This category now also includes audio books and story telling.

7. Odyssey Award - Wikipedia

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   The Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production is an annual award conferred by the American Library Association upon the publisher of "the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States ". [ 1][ 2] It is jointly administered by two ALA divisions ( Association for Library Service to ...