Love audiobooks? There are plenty of worthy Audible competitors out there. You just need to know where to look. While Amazon-owned Audible dominates the audiobook market, it’s far from the only player in town. Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-07-14 04:30:00 UTC ]
Music artists say the bundle is ‘cheating’ the royalties system while authors have concerns about how streaming will affect how they’re paid and rights over their workAudio streaming giant Spotify, one of the world’s largest audio platforms, entered the audiobook market last October, offering... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-07-02 03:23:25 UTC ]
The audiobook market in the United States is steadily growing, the Audio Publishers Association reports, with revenue increasing by 9% to $2 billion in 2023 and 38% of American adults having listened to an audiobook in the last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Amid growing opportunities for audio development, Bookwire’s look at the French market included challenges, as well. (Sponsored) By Eric Dupuy | @duperico ‘A Dynamism for Audio’ hen the Frankfurt-based Bookwire presented its second digital program on the audiobook market in France on Thursday... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-03-11 09:35:37 UTC ]
The Audio Publishers Association’s annual sales survey revealed an 11th straight year of double-digit growth in audiobook sales, with 2022 revenue from reporting publishers up 10%, to $1.8 billion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bookwire's half-day 'All About Audio' conference highlighted trends in the fast-growing but still-young popularity of audiobooks in France. (Sponsored) The post Bookwire in France: A ‘New’ Audiobook Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-11-23 18:44:09 UTC ]
Spotify has completed its acquisition of digital audiobook distributor Findaway. The Swedish streaming giant has 422 million monthly active users, and will use the Findaway purchase to speed its growth in the audiobook market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Looking to accelerate its expansion into the audiobook market, the Swedish audio streaming subscription service giant Spotify has agreed to acquire Ohio-based digital audiobook distributor Findaway for an undisclosed price. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
The music streaming giant is poised to enter the audiobook market. Here's what that means for publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Valérie Lévy-Soussan, founder of Audiolib, has tracked France’s audiobook market from CDs in the early 2000s to streaming and download formats. The post From Frankfurt’s First Audio Summit: Valérie Lévy-Soussan of France’s Audiolib appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-31 05:30:42 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 ]
FutureBook, The Bookseller’s digital publishing conference, is to expand in 2016 with dedicated strands on EdTech and the audiobook market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a move that further expands the Amazon subsidiary's reach beyond the audiobook market, Audible has unveiled an on-demand, unlimited listening service called Channels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lasse Winkler looks at Swedish audiobook publisher Storytel and how it created an audiobook market in Sweden from scratch. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
New technology and the growth of the audiobook market are driving a boom in full-cast productions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]