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 ]
New agents and imprints, Northern Ireland’s first Man Booker winner … this year, the books world turned towards inclusivity and a broadening of perspectivesRead John Dugdale’s analysis of the 100 bestselling books of 2018“You brought it on yourself, longest friend. I informed you and informed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andersen Press is making an audio version of children’s book Elmer’s Christmas available to be played on a watch phone, in a step that comes as the much-loved character prepares to celebrate his 30th anniversary in 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Per an agreement announced November 19, John Wiley & Sons and RBmedia will partner to publish more than 650 Wiley audiobooks over the next three years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canadians say they listen to audiobooks while doing other things. In 2018, 54 percent of those surveyed by BookNet Canada prefer to listen on their phones. The post BookNet Canada: Sci-Fi, Women Leading Audiobook Consumption appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo has been slinging ebooks for years now, but it's still pretty new to the whole audiobook craze -- the Canadian company (and Rakuten subsidiary) only added spoken-word content to its catalog about a year ago. Thankfully, Kobo recently made it a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
W F Howes general manager Miles Stevens-Hoare and Enders Analysis’ Joseph Evans are to join radio futurologist James Cridland as the keynote speakers at The Bookseller’s AudioBook conference, held as part of FutureBook Live 2018 (30th November). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actor Christopher Eccleston has agreed to narrate the audiobook version of A J Hartley’s Cold Bath Street, published by the student-run, not-for-profit publishing house UCLan Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Touting 6 million ebooks and a $9.99 audiobook subscription, the new Walmart partnership with Rakuten Kobo gives the Canadian retailer what it hasn't had in the US market: brand recognition. The post Canada’s Rakuten Kobo Arrives in America at Walmart: Ebooks and Audiobooks appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the Association of American Publishers' StatShot Annual is citing, BookNet Canada's English-language market sees online retail edging up on physical-store retail, though print is flat in the first six months of 2018. The post In a ‘Steady’ First Half, BookNet Canada Sees Audiobook Purchases 4... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW will continue to offer news and feature coverage of physical and digital audiobooks, as well as monthly audiobook bestseller lists, but will no longer review audiobooks effective August 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Russian ebook distributor LitRes reports 45-percent growth year-over-year in ebook sales for the first half of this year. And Storytel, which ended its first year in May in the market, cites digital access over vast distances as a driver. The post Russia’s Growing Ebook and Audiobook Sales... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Women's fiction publisher Choc Lit has agreed a deal with unabridged audiobook publisher Soundings to co-brand audiobooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month we are listening to three memoirs and one novel that sounds like a memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK audio production sector trade association The Radio Independents Group is relaunching as AudioUK, and with a broader remit, in the wake of the audiobook and podcasting boom, "to put audio production at the heart of the UK’s successful creative industries". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]