The following content creators and distributors have used Publication Manifest or Audiobooks to create content for internal use or public/commercial distribution. Where possible, this content has been tested against some of the implementations mentioned in the Implementation Report. Any produced content that is released for testing can be found in the test_content folder in our GitHub repository. For distributors listed below, these organizations have either begun implementing or plan to implement shortly after the release of the Audiobooks specification, and intend to distribute and/or ingest Audiobooks content.
Please note that a content creator may be listed here and may not share their content publicly, all content creators listed will be confirmed by the chairs and editors of the Publishing Working Group.
Content Creators/Distributors using/planning to use Publication Manifest/Audiobooks
| Organization | Product | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAISY Consortium | Obi 4.6 Alpha | Obi is a production tool for the creation of Audiobooks in a number of formats. | https://daisy.org/activities/software/obi/obi-4-6-test-releases/ |
| HarperCollins | Audiobooks | HarperCollins Publishers intend to begin distributing their audiobooks in the specification once available to their distributors. This also includes audiobooks produced by Harlequin and HarperCollins Christian. | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Ingram | CoreSource | Coresource is a distribution platform many publishers use to distribute their content to retailers. They intend to implement the Audiobooks specification for distribution to retail platforms that accept it. | Ingram |
| Rakuten Kobo | Kobo | Kobo is a retailer and reading system developer that sells audiobooks as well as producing applications to play them. Kobo will be implementing the Audiobooks specification into it's ingestion pipeline and applications. | Kobo |