The journalist and author Garrett Graff’s ‘The Only Plane in the Sky’—on the attacks of 9/11—wins the Audiobook of the Year prize for Simon & Schuster Audio.
London Book Fair Announces an ‘Audio HQ’ Area and Conference
A March 10 half-day ‘Audio HQ’ conference will open London Book Fair in the show’s new audio-specific exhibition area at Olympia London.
Audio Publishers Association Names 2020 Audie Award Finalists
The United States’ most prominent awards program for audiobooks turns 25 this year with a 24-category shortlist of finalists.
From Frankfurt’s First Audio Summit: Valérie Lévy-Soussan of France’s Audiolib
Valérie Lévy-Soussan, founder of Audiolib, has tracked France’s audiobook market from CDs in the early 2000s to streaming and download formats.
Frankfurt Audio Readies Its Debut, Centered Around a Busy Stage
With lectures, panel discussions, and commercial presentations in both German and English, the new Frankfurt Audio Stage in Hall 3.1 will be busy.
Audio Publishers Association Survey: Nearly $1 Billion in 2018 US Sales
The APA’s latest report on audiobook sales in the US shows that the format has seen double-digit growth for the last seven years.
Frankfurt Audio Summit Features Spotify’s Michael Krause
First word of programming for the new Frankfurt Audio Summit features a keynote from Spotify in Europe and plans for a multi-dimensional exhibition area in Hall 3.1.
BookExpo Hears the Call of Audio: APAC Becomes the Big Conference
Audiobooks’ sales have done their work and the Audio Publishers Association’s program is the main conference event at BookExpo 2019.
Books Heard ‘Round the World: A New Survey of International Audiobook Markets
The Audio Publishers Association, Bookrepublic, and Bologna Children’s Book Fair have begun surveying various audiobook markets.
Winter Issues: International ‘Beyond the Book’ Looks at 2018 in Review
Taking stock as the new year comes in, Copyright Clearance Center’s ‘Beyond the Book’ podcast series has a trio of 2018 look-back episodes on tap.