When is a book not a book? When it is performed by a starry cast of hundreds. Except it has always been more complicated than thatNews this week of a 17% hike in the UK’s audiobook sales might seem like a niche business story, but it raises an existential question. What exactly is an audiobook today? Is it a book? Is it a play? Or is it becoming something else entirely? What is clear is that a jostle for market dominance is driving it into new dimensions. The streaming platform Spotify followed its move into podcasting two years ago with the launch of an audiobooks business. Though it has yet to start making its own recordings, last autumn it made a deal for 200,000 audiobooks to be available to its premium users.Not to be outdone, Amazon-owned Audible – accustomed to being the market leader – upped its game, hiring the Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes to record multi-voice versions of the Dickens novels Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, and announcing last month that it had reached an agreement for a recording of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, voiced by more than 100 actors and featuring a “groundbreaking new soundscape”. The new Potter audiobooks, it said, would not usurp but “sit alongside and complement” conventional recordings by Stephen Fry and Jim Dale, which Audible also hosts. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2024-05-10 17:25:03 UTC ]
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If you’re looking for a great LGBTQIA+ audiobook to listen to in the first half of 2022, here are 12 recommendations. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-01-13 11:38:00 UTC ]
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Manchester University Press (MUP) has launched an audiobook pilot programme, following claims students with 'screen fatigue' are increasingly turning to the format. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-13 00:08:43 UTC ]
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Your first audiobook of the year sets the tone for the rest of the reading year. So how do you make sure to pick the right one? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-01-11 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Print book sales by volume in the United States was the highest ever recorded by NPD BookScan, with adult fiction as the leading growth category. The post NPD BookScan: US 2021 Market Unit Volume Up 9 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-01-11 03:46:38 UTC ]
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‘On Girlhood,’ edited by Glory Edim, pulls together the work of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and more. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-23 12:00:13 UTC ]
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Dolly Parton will headline the audiobook cast of her debut novel Run Rose Run (Century) along with singer and songwriter Kelsea Ballerini in the role of protégée to Parton’s character. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-21 02:34:41 UTC ]
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What the first president’s own documents reveal about his life and work as a farmer. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-17 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage’s Charlotte Humphery and Oxford University Press' Nico Parfitt are joining Sceptre’s editorial team in newly created roles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 14:10:52 UTC ]
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Sometimes stars elevate their works beyond the printed page. Here are three great examples. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The LoveReading LitFest, which launched in March this year, has announced it is moving away from a members-only subscription model to become free to view. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 08:23:21 UTC ]
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Most of us will have been to at least one job interview where we felt a real connection with our interviewer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-10 00:18:14 UTC ]
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Each month, for your literary listening pleasure, our friends at AudioFile Magazine bring us the cream of the audiobook crop. Now, at the year draws to a close, they’ve rounded up the very best audiobooks of 2021. Happy listening and happy holidays! * FICTION Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-12-06 09:53:47 UTC ]
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The narration of ‘Carnival of Snackery’ is wonderful. Other great listens: ‘The Five Wounds’ and ‘Psycho by the Sea’ Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-05 12:00:00 UTC ]
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With membership of the Booksellers Association growing and indies rejuvenated by ‘shop local’ initiatives, its president AndyRossiter shares how the trade body served its members through lockdowns. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 15:20:51 UTC ]
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Today's dive into audiobook narrators features an Asian American former opera singer who has narrated over 250 books. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-11-30 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen's 'Understanding the UK Audiobook Consumer' sees the format's growth moving steadily forward in the British market. The post Nielsen’s Look at Audiobooks in the United Kingdom: ‘Curiosity, Multitasking’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-30 09:15:28 UTC ]
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U.S. copyright law protects all kinds of creative material, but recipe creators are mostly powerless in an age and a business that are all about sharing. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-11-29 21:11:57 UTC ]
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The United Kingdom's audiobook sales show an eye-catching 71-percent jump, January to June this year over the same period in 2019. The post The UK’s Publishers Association Charts a ‘Steep Rise’ in Audiobook Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-28 17:52:33 UTC ]
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Last week The Bookseller held its first face-to-face event for 18 months: the FutureBook Conference took place on Friday 19th November, with about 250 delegates, speakers, sponsors, colleagues and volunteers at the event space at 155 Bishopsgate joining the more than 600 individuals who watched... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 13:12:27 UTC ]
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Industry sales have increased only once since 2016—but 2021 is one strange year. Anything could happen. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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