B7 Media has announced an audiobook deal for a new historical crime series by Pauline Rowson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has teamed up with London-based East 15 Acting School to create the audiobook for Costa Short Story award winner Luan Goldie's debut novel, Nightingale Point. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The audio edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale will be narrated by Elisabeth Moss, who starred as Offred in the television series, it has been announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
"The Baby-Sitters Club," the blockbuster middle-school series that enchanted young readers in the 1980s and '90s, is finally getting audiobook versions. Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook producer and retailer, announced Tuesday that all 131 titles in Ann M. Martin's bestselling series will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The use of smart speakers is on the rise, as is car listening, in reported audiobook consumption in the Audio Publishers Association's 2019 annual survey. The post A First: APA Research Sees 50 Percent of Americans Listening to an Audiobook appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Half of all Americans over the age of 12 have listened to an audiobook in the past year, according to a new consumer survey. Growth can be attributed to more people listening in cars and advances in technology. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Audio Publishers Association, Bookrepublic, and Bologna Children's Book Fair have begun surveying various audiobook markets. The post Books Heard ‘Round the World: A New Survey of International Audiobook Markets appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Using Libreka's positioning in the German-language markets, Rakuten OverDrive opens a new partnership, as Germany's Bookwire expands internationally and wins a Digital Publishing Award. The post Libreka and OverDrive in German-Language Partnership; Bookwire Builds Audiobook Service appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five H G Well’s works are being released as "a special audio collection" on Audible on next month featuring the voices of David Tennant, Sophie Okonedo and Hugh Bonneville. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The number-one market for audiobooks in Spanish published by companies in Spain and Latin America used to be the U.S., but that has changed in recent years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Audible has snapped up Crossing Over, a novel by Ann Morgan, narrated by Adjoa Andoh. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of Zeus has announced its second audiobook deal in a week, this time a series of soundtracked titles with Booktrack. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
From Toni Morrison to Wild Bill Hickok, from animal rescuers to cultural travelers, March audio releases offer a stimulating listening experience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A standing room only audience suggests that interest in digital audio, like the format itself, is still surging Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
For a second year in a row, the rapid growth of digital audio will be a hot topic at the London Book Fair, and that growth shows no signs of slowing down in 2019. PW recently caught up with Amanda D’Acierno, President & Publisher, Penguin Random House Audio Group to talk about audio’s rise,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The predictions made by publishers responding to Dosdoce's new survey see the number of Spanish-language audiobook titles surpassing 10,000 this year, narration dialects starting to favor Latin American markets. The post New Report Forecasts Spanish-Language Audiobook Surge in Spain and Latin... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The newly formed HMH Audio will release its first titles this fall and plans to release 75 titles annually drawn from its adult and young reader lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three novels and one nonfiction audiobook provide inspiration and hope as we ease into 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hallmark Publishing has partnered with Dreamscape Media, the publishing and entertainment arm of Midwest Tape, to produce and distribute its first line of audiobooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael G. R Tolkien, the eldest grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien, and Gerald Dickens, a great-grandson of Charles Dickens, have formed a "unique" collaboration to bring out an audiobook of the verse story WISH. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]