ZDNET’s key takeaways

Amazon is officially rebranding Kindle Unlimited as Kindle+.

Audiobooks are becoming a bigger part of the Kindle+ subscription.

The list of audiobooks will include titles narrated by AI.

Amazon just rebranded its Kindle Unlimited subscription to become Kindle+, and will continue to offer unlimited reading from an eligible Kindle catalog for $12 a month. It will also expand its audiobook category to include books read by AI narrators.

Expanded audiobook selection with Kindle+

The upgrade expands the already available audiobook category through the subscription. It’ll also give authors the option to include more eligible audiobooks in Kindle+, including AI-narrated titles.

Amazon hopes to enhance the reading experience by letting users continue their ebooks with virtual narration as they go about their day after putting down their Kindle.

Amazon is offering the Virtual Voice service free to authors in the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) program.…