Creating original serialized content—as in the case of streaming on-demand services such as Amazon Prime and Netflix—holds the key to success for audiobook subscriptions, says Storytel España in a new report. The post Storytel in Spain: When Entering the Audiobook Market Means Making New Serials... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The audiobook boom is most prominent in North America, and it is spreading across the world, as discussed in a panel on Wednesday at the New York Rights Fair entitled “The Audiobook Heard ‘Round the World.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A panel at the New York Rights Fair featuring Storytel, audiobooks.com, and Kobo saw discussions about how the audiobook market is evolving around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reflecting a number of trends in international publishing, the upcoming CONTEC Mexico conference looks at how trends such as audiobooks and open access are playing out in Latin America and across the globe. The post Audiobooks and Open Access in Focus at CONTEC Mexico Conference in June appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
A star-studded cast including singer Alicia Keys, actress Ashley Judd and "Hamilton" star Phillipa Soo are lined up to narrate the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls audiobook. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackstone and Disney bring ‘Black Panther’ to audio, Lauren Groff's latest showcases the Sunshine State for Penguin, and more in this month's audio news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of American Pubslishers StatShot program cites 29.7-percent growth over 2016 in downloaded audiobook revenue, despite overall flat performance in publisher revenue in 2017. The post US Publishers’ StatShot 2017 Report: Fifth Year of Double-Digit Audiobooks Growth appeared first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
At Abu Dhabi Internaitonal Book Fair, two Swedish publishing specialists offer the contemporary and traditions of book technologies to Arabic readers—newly translated audiobooks and carefully crafted hardbacks. The post Sweden in the UAE: Kitab Sawti’s Arabic Audiobooks and Dar Al Muna’s Print... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
American actor Dennis Quaid, who played Bill Clinton in the 2010 TV movie "The Special Relationship", has been cast to narrate the audiobook of The President is Missing by James Patterson and Clinton. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Audiobook sales have doubled in the last five years, according to data from the Nielsen UK Books & Consumers survey. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Audiobooks are the golden child of publishing at the moment,” said Orna O’Brien, conference manager of Quantum, the digital conference that preceded the opening of the London Book Fair on Monday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales have doubled in the past five years, with commuters and men aged 25 to 44 accounting for the bulk of purchases. But many of us are unable to finish them – so here are a few you won’t give up onNo longer just the greatest invention for bathtub readers, the audiobook is, according to new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
F. Murray Abraham heads ‘Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales,’ FBI’s James Comey wraps up reading ‘Loyalty,’ and more in this month's audio news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bologna Book Fair focused its attention on audiobooks for the first time with the introduction of a seminar called Listen Up!, which featured experts on the format's growing international market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Smashwords, a self-publishing and ebook distribution platform, is teaming with Findaway Voices to offer Smashwords authors access to Findaway's audiobook production and distribution network. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Announcing an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange's NewConnect index for this year, Poland's Legimi ebook and audiobook subscription pursues development in Germany, China. The post Poland’s Ebook and Audiobook Subscription Service Legimi Plans IPO for International Expansion appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
In honor of Black History Month we chose four African American authors worth hearing any time of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More men are listening to erotic audiobooks, making up almost a third of the market, with a quarter of all Fifty Shades of Grey downloads from male listeners. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the Audio Publishers Association's Audie Awards organizers say they get more and better entries annually, the market's hunger for audio rights is ratcheting up, too. The post The Audie Awards Finalists Are Announced, Amid Louder Competition for Audiobook Rights appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pottermore and Audible have announced a collaboration to publish a new audiobook Quidditch Through the Ages by J K Rowling, read by actor Andrew Lincoln. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]