Jacob Shymanski
speaker
3,186 appearances
30 recordings
5 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 6 Jul
Jacob Shymanski’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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If somebody puts their audiobook, a publisher or an independent author, if they put their audiobook on Audible, my understanding is that they get the option to decide to make it Audible exclusive or non-exclusive.
If it's exclusive to Audible, then they get a slightly better royalty cut.
If it's non-exclusive, the royalty cut is lower.
My understanding is that if you choose Audible exclusive, that makes it impossible for libraries to acquire.
Is that true?
The e-book is not a problem?
I have to ask, with so many books being created right now, more than ever because of AI, do you guys have a plan on how to handle this massive influx of books?
It's becoming harder to curate simply because of the sheer volume of books.
And in my observation, what it's kind of created is...
a smaller pool of books becoming mainstream and that makes curation incredibly valuable and I can see where a public library would fit in.
So how can public libraries help in that regard in managing this new influx of AI books with the value and importance of curation?
Do you know where I'm coming from with curation nowadays?
It feels like there's only a pantheon of books that are in the mainstream and talked about a lot.
And if you go to places that offer recommendations, you often get just those books in the pantheon.
How are you, the Calgary Public Library, curating books that are outside of the mainstream?
I'm assuming a lot of other public libraries do that too, create these book lists.
Where can people access the Calgary Library's book lists?
You have a fascinating job as a director of collections.
Can you talk a bit about what your day-to-day looks like?
What does a director of collections do for a public library?
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