In a new direct-to-consumer curated outreach effort, Simon & Schuster will promote content across all its imprints. And Privateer's games are the basis for new GraphicAudio audiobooks. The post Industry Notes: Simon & Schuster’s New Book Club; GraphicAudio Plans Audiobook Tie-Ins... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Total audiobook sales rose 22.7% in 2017, to an estimated $2.5 billion, according to a report from the Audio Publishers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Audiobook downloads rose 22% to a record £31m sales last year, according to new figures released by the Publishers Association to mark the start of Love Audio Week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK reports that audiobooks are most popular with men 25 to 44, and in Canada, there's a big jump from 2016 to 2017 in publishers producing audiobooks. The post Audiobooks in the Headlines: Wooing Guys in the UK, Winning Over Publishers in Canada appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Public Lending Right (PLR) will be extended to cover ebooks and e-audiobooks borrowed from libraries from 1st July. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The oral tradition has been a part of the human condition for as long as we have been communicating. If you lost your audience after the first hour of “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” you could forget about a return engagement. Authors now sit in comfy studios and need not memorize their stories. But can... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
“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 ]
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 ]
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 ]