Audiobook Month continues in the US as the UK’s #LoveAudio week kicks in. In both markets, research shows audio formats are popular with many men.
Audio Publishers Association: Third Year of Strong US Audiobook Sales Growth
APA estimates show 2016’s audiobook sales growth expanding by almost 20 percent again. Sixty-seven million Americans say they finished an audiobook.
Amazon Charts’ Debut: Bestseller and Best-Read Listings Based on Consumer Data
The retailer feeds its Amazon Charts with consumer data on what’s being read and listened to (in digital) and what’s being sold on a weekly basis.
Publishing in 2017: Has the Startup Scene Cooled Off?
Shelfie’s executives in Canada talk about the startup scene in book publishing—and conclude it’s not as hot as it used to be. What are the lessons learned?
Turning Up the Volume on Audiobooks in Canada
A BookNet Canada study reveals growing sales and library circulation of audiobooks, but consumers are having some problems finding the audiobooks they want.
Back to The FutureBook: Audio Gets Its Own Channel at the Conference
Amid rising audiobook sales, the FutureBook Conference’s focus on the sector offered upbeat statistics and audience demographics.
Golden Headsets: Audiobooks’ Growth Is Music to Publishers’ Ears
Previewing the audiobook track at the FutureBook conference, we look at sales statistics and predictions from Michele Cobb at the Audio Publishers Association.
Nathan Hull at Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’: All in the Curation
Can the robust tradition of recommendation seen in book clubs be scaled up through digital? Nathan Hull and a Dutch company intend to find out by offering a ‘Choice.’
LitRes Chief Has Goal of Leading Russian Audiobook Market
Russia’s Eksmo-owned LitRes announces its goal to boost its current 7,000 audiobooks on offer to 50,000 of them—in five years.
International Industry Notes: Australia’s Jefferis Shortlist, Hachette Audio’s Audiobook Soundtracks
Although open to men as well as women, the Jefferis Award has yet to go to a male writer. And some Hachette Audio YA titles have Booktrack scores.