Findaway Voices is a new self-publishing platform for audiobooks that is launching on July 18th 2017. The main premise of this new service is to connect authors with narrators and once the title is completed they are distributed into 170 different countries and various subscription services, … [Read more...]
Audiobook Metrics and Statistics for 2017
Audiobook sales have been growing over the past four years and major publishers have all disclosed that audio sales are making up for the massive decline for their e-book units. How have audiobooks been growing in the first six months of 2017? Michele Cobb, executive director of the Audio … [Read more...]
Do you use the Audible Send this Book feature?
Audible has been running a program for the past year that is called "Send this book." It allows you to get one free audiobook from other Audible users. After that, any audiobooks sent to you must be paid for. The purpose of this initiative is to make loaning out a favorite title to a friend. You can … [Read more...]
Overdrive experiences a 23% increase in audiobook loans
Rakuten Overdrive is the largest audiobook and e-book company that is involved in the digital library sector. They currently have a portfolio of 38,000 libraries and schools that do business with them, 2,000 of which signed up in 2017 alone. Overdrive has provided Good e-Reader with a status update … [Read more...]
Australia is now charging GST on Audiobooks and e-books
Australia is now charging GST on audiobooks and e-books from companies operating outside of the country. It will levy a 10% tax starting today on digital content from Amazon, Audible, Kobo, iBooks and a myriad of other companies. Amazon issued the following statement "Due to new legislation in … [Read more...]
Audible is having a Huge Children’s Audiobook Sale
Audible has just launched a Summer Listening Sale for children's audiobooks. There are 1,000 titles available and they are broken up into age groups; Babies–Age 4, Ages 5–7 and Ages 8–12. You do not need to be a paid subscriber to get the discounts and each one costs $3.95 or less. Unlike … [Read more...]
New Humble Audiobook Bundle Released
There is a new Humble Bundle available and this is a rare one that exclusively focuses on audiobooks. The overall premise is Hackers, Gamers & Geeks and it should make your commute easier. All of the audiobooks are in the MP3 and FLAC format and are completely DRM-Free, so you can easily copy … [Read more...]
Audible is offering a 1 year membership for $99
Audible really wants people who cancelled their subscription to sign up again. The Audiobook company is running a 1-Year Audible Membership with 12 Credits for $99.99 promtion. This is a tremendous savings because the normal price is $149.50. This is a limited time offer and will expire on June … [Read more...]
Audible Launches £10,000 Writing Contest for Thriller Writers
Audible is heavily invested in original content and has just unveiled a new £10,000 writing grant for unpublished authors. The audiobook company is seeking stories that are 50,000 words or more and a panel of established narrators will shortlist all submissions to three candidates. In the meantime … [Read more...]
Audiobooks Continues Double-Digit Growth
The Audio Publishers Association released the results from their annual sales survey, conducted by the independent research firm Management Practice, as well as the latest consumer study conducted by Edison Research, which revealed that the strong growth the audiobook industry has seen in recent … [Read more...]
The Audiobook Creation Exchange is now Available in Canada and Ireland
The Audiobook Creation Exchange is run by Audible, which is owned by Amazon. It is an online marketplace where Indie authors and publishers can find professional narrators, which they call producers. Often the narrators have their own professional audio setup, which makes the end product very high … [Read more...]
Here are the 2017 Audie Award Winners
The Audie Awards are presented by the Audiobook Publishers Association and puts the spotlight on production, narration and aids listeners in discovery. The event has just wrapped up in New York and the winners have been formally announced. The Audiobook of the Year recognizes the audiobook that, … [Read more...]