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Audiobook Revenue and the Number of Listeners Continue to Grow — PRBuzz.co — Per #2024 consumer #data more than half of the #US population #18 has now listened to an audiobook. NEW #YORK #June #3 2024 Publishers' #audiobook revenue grew #9 in #2023 to #2 #billion continuing the #trend of year-on-year #growth according to the #Audio Publishers Association's #Sales #Survey conducted by Toluna #Harris Interactive. Edison #Research conducted the Audio Publishers Association's 2024 Consumer Survey and #found the majority of U.S. #adults #52 have listened to an audiobook, which translates to nearly 149 #million #Americans who have #ever tried the medium. Publishers' audiobook revenue grew 9% in 2023 to $2 billion, continuing the trend of year-on-year growth according to the Audio Publishers Association's Sales Survey conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive. Other key statistics from the two surveys: How the APA Consumer Study Was Conducted The study is a national survey of Americans ages 18 and older who have ever listened to a complete audiobook. Edison Research completed 1061 online interviews in February 2024. The data was weighted to the audiobook market, as measured by The Infinite Dial, a nationally representative survey of the American media landscape conducted by Edison Research. How the APA Sales Survey Was Conducted This survey was conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive on behalf of the Audio Publishers Association to gather industry sales data, publisher sales by various formats and genres. This is a national survey of Audio Publishers Association members who publish audiobooks. 27 publishers provided data, including Audible, Inc., Blackstone, Brilliance Audio, Hachette Audio, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Podium Publishing, RB Media, and Simon & Schuster. Access to this and other data prepared for the industry are available to members of the association. The Audio Publishers Association Formed in 1986, the Audio Publishers Association

Audiobook Revenue and the Number of Listeners Continue to Grow — MediaContacts.co — Per #2024 consumer #data more than half of the #US population #18 has now listened to an audiobook. NEW #YORK #June #3 2024 Publishers' #audiobook revenue grew #9 in #2023 to #2 #billion continuing the #trend of year-on-year #growth according to the #Audio Publishers Association's #Sales #Survey conducted by Toluna #Harris Interactive. Edison #Research conducted the Audio Publishers Association's 2024 Consumer Survey and #found the majority of U.S. #adults #52 have listened to an audiobook, which translates to nearly 149 #million #Americans who have #ever tried the medium. Publishers' audiobook revenue grew 9% in 2023 to $2 billion, continuing the trend of year-on-year growth according to the Audio Publishers Association's Sales Survey conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive. Other key statistics from the two surveys: How the APA Consumer Study Was Conducted The study is a national survey of Americans ages 18 and older who have ever listened to a complete audiobook. Edison Research completed 1061 online interviews in February 2024. The data was weighted to the audiobook market, as measured by The Infinite Dial, a nationally representative survey of the American media landscape conducted by Edison Research. How the APA Sales Survey Was Conducted This survey was conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive on behalf of the Audio Publishers Association to gather industry sales data, publisher sales by various formats and genres. This is a national survey of Audio Publishers Association members who publish audiobooks. 27 publishers provided data, including Audible, Inc., Blackstone, Brilliance Audio, Hachette Audio, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Podium Publishing, RB Media, and Simon & Schuster. Access to this and other data prepared for the industry are available to members of the association. The Audio Publishers Association Formed in 1986, the Audio Publishers Association

🎧 Amazon’s Audible Experiments with AI-Generated Narrator Voice Clones! Amazon’s Audible is taking a bold step into the future of audiobooks with AI-generated voice clones for narrators. 🤖🎙️ This new feature allows narrators to create digital versions of their voices, offering them the potential to scale their work while still maintaining control over their likeness. While this technology could revolutionize audiobook production, making it faster and more affordable, it raises important questions about authenticity, the future of voice work, and the potential impact on human narrators.. 👨🎨 Will AI narrators take over, or will this be a helpful tool for creators? Check out the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eX3hDfHz #AIinAudio #AudiobookInnovation #VoiceCloning #Audible #FutureOfWork #EthicalAI

HOW TO GET A GOOD DEAL ON EBOOKS / AUDIOBOOKS In a major shift away from its unlimited subscription model, Scribd Inc. will launch a credit-based system for its Everand reading platform, offering expanded access to titles from all five major trade publishers. The new service, set to roll out in the U.S. on October 30, will provide access to more than 1.5 million e-books and audiobooks through two subscription tiers. The new offering introduces two tiers for Everand: a Standard plan, priced at $11.99 monthly, for one premium title, and a Plus plan, priced at $16.99 monthly, for three titles. Both plans maintain unlimited access to magazines, podcasts, sheet music, and a select catalog of e-books and audiobooks, including Everand Originals. The all-you-can-consume (more or less) model was a major USP for Scribd/Everand. The credits model, simliar to that employed by Audible, will offer what appears to be good value -- especially at the $16.99 a month tier -- essentially giving you an ebook for $6 (once taxes are included) -- and this will, says the company, also now include bestsellers and new releases from the Big Five I surmise if Scribd/Everand has negotiated this kind of deal, others will likely have to follow suit. What do you think?

We talk about the Carbon footprint of a print book, of an e-book but what about an audiobook? Storytel has the answer (not much!).

Beat Technology has partnered with EDRK (Estonian Digital Book Centre), the Tallinn-based digital content aggregator, publisher, distributor for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. The cooperation will see Beat design, build and power services across a range of EDRK’s partners in Baltics. The companies under EDRK’s umbrella include Alma Littera and Pegasas - the largest publisher and book retailer respectably in Lithuania; Rahva Raamat Estonia’s largest book retailer and Maurus, one of Estonia’s largest educational content provider. The cooperation will see Beat Technology’s tech stack - offering of ebook, audiobook and podcast white-label apps and retail solutions - combine with EDRK’s businesses and digital distribution infrastructure. The first iteration of this new partnership will appear in May. “In recent years the investment in the technology, literature and reading space in the Baltic region by EDRK and their backers has been hugely impressive,” says Nathan Hull, Chief Strategy Officer at Beat Technology. “We are extremely excited to bring our platform and experience to the table and work with a technologically smart and business-savvy team at EDRK with its portfolio across Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.” “Consumers in Estonia are amongst the most digitally literate in Europe and there are high expectations in terms of digital content services,” says Ain Lausmaa Lausma, EDRK CEO. "In Beat we have a first class partner who is highly experienced internationally at delivering the platforms we require. We can now give our existing brands and books the digital experience they’ve always deserved. Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians will be able to read and listen on market-leading platforms.” EDRK - Digital Content Aggragation and Sales, based in Tallinn, Estonia. EDRK has been the leader in helping the Publishers and Retailers in Estonia in Digital Publishing since 2009. They represent 9000 ebooks, 1000 audiobooks, 350 publishers in Estonia. #audiobooks #ebooks #digitalpublishing

Are you a book, an e-book or an audiobook person? As a trainer and an enthusiastic reader for leisure, I'm fascinated by the different ways we engage with the written word. I'm especially interested in the way an author's voice changes across book, e-book and audiobook. I retain a reverence for the permanence of the printed word. I cannot bring myself to annotate a book as I feel it distorts the author's voice. And heaven help anyone who borrows one of my books and creases the spine! My Zoom background is one of my bookshelves, which I believe gives more insight into me than any LinkedIn profile. It's also a great icebreaker when people on a Zoom call remark on one of the books on my shelf. I find e-books more efficient for academic work but don't feel the same affinity with them and therefore find them less memorable. You certainly can't put a PDF on a bookshelf and gaze back on it. However, I've recently become a convert to the audiobook and the article below indicates I'm far from the only one. I particularly enjoy an audiobook on a long car journey, and once seriously considered extending my journey so that I could finish R.F. Kuang's thrilling 'Yellowface'. Do any of these things resonate with you, or do you have different feelings about books? Please comment below... https://lnkd.in/eej6AXZK

The Potential of KDP and Audiobook Creation Kit Review for Budding Entrepreneurs. That’s where the “Kids Spooky Stories KDP and Audiobook Creation Kit” comes into play. It promises a simplified pathway to entering the e-book and audiobook market. The digital age has revolutionized how we publish, market, and consume literature. Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and platforms like Audible have made it possible for authors and publishers to bypass traditional publishing barriers. However, the intricacies of creating engaging content that sells can still be daunting for many. #KDP #AudiobookCreation #SelfPublishing #KindleDirectPublishing #AuthorLife #WriteAndPublish #IndieAuthors #BookMarketing #EbookCreation #AudiobookProduction #PublishingTools #WritingCommunity #AuthorResources #BookPublishing #NarrationTools #KindlePublishing #AudioBooks #WriterSupport #SelfPub #DigitalPublishing Read Full Review Here: https://lnkd.in/deCzwcte

TechMoran: Digital Distribution Startup Publiseer Begins Apple Books Digital Narration For African Authors "Authors at Publiseer who want to turn their ebooks into audiobooks can simply notify Publiseer, after which, their ebook is sent to Apple, who turns it into an audiobook and makes it available on the Apple Books store for sale. Approximately, it takes Apple two months to process this request and make the audiobook available in their store." Learn more: https://lnkd.in/epf8PW-i

AI-narration is not here to replace all audiobook narrators. But to offer another more economic options to those who which to have their books "heard". Ultimately, to have their story told to more people. Audiobook is just another method for knowledge and stories to be shared. https://lnkd.in/gDB2E32E