Audiobook News

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline is going to be coming out at the end of November of this year. Wil Wheaton narrated the original audiobook and Cline's 2015 novel Armada. It has just been been confirmed the will also provide the narration of Ready Player Two.The original novel made its debut back in 2011 and was an instant hit and spent more than 100 weeks on the New York … [Read more...] about Wil Wheaton is going to narrate Ready Player Two audiobook

Kids are going to go back to school soon. Some schools are opening their doors to students, while others are going to be doing distance learning. English classes tend to have classic books in their curriculum and Penguin Random House has developed audiobook study guides for titles such as Studying Dracula, Studying The Great Gatsby, Studying Wuthering Heights, and Studying Tess … [Read more...] about Penguin Random House to release Audiobook Study Guides

Don Katz founded Audible in 1995 and turned it from a scrappy startup to the biggest audiobook retailer in the world. He sold the business to Amazon in 2008 for $300 million and remained CEO until January 2020. Bob Carrigan took the reigns, but he had big shoes to fill. One of his first hires was Brad Schwartz, who became chief content officer and who would oversee Audibles big … [Read more...] about Audibles Executive Leadership is in Turmoil

George Romero wrote a novel before he died in 2017 and it is entitled The Living Dead, which is close to 700 pages. It is going to be converted to an audiobook on August 4th and feature narrators such as Lori Cardille, star of George Romero’s Day of the Dead, as well as Bruce Davison, who was in the the Lords of Salem.George A. Romero invented the modern zombie with Night … [Read more...] about The Living Dead Audiobook by George Romero is out soon

Andy Serkis was the voice of Gollum in all of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. He did a marathon reading back in May and has been tapped to narrate a new Hobbit audiobook, published by HarperCollins. It will be published this September and narration fees will be donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee, and Harper Collins is going to match it.The Hobbit focuses … [Read more...] about Andy Serkis is voicing a new audiobook of the Hobbit

Audible has signed a huge deal with bestselling author James Patterson for a series of exclusive audiobooks. The first title that is going to be released is “The Coldest Case: A Black Book Drama,” performed by Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter and Nathalie Emmanuel.In “The Coldest Case,” homicide detective Billy Harney sends his new partner, Kate, deep undercover to infiltrate a … [Read more...] about James Patterson is developing exclusive audiobooks for Audible

Digital audiobooks continue to be the fastest growing segment in publishing.  Not only is the entire publishing industry making more money, but there is more choice available for customers. Last year audiobook sales increased by 16% in the United States and generated over $1.2 billion dollars in revenue, whereas in 2018 it only made $940 million, an increase of 25% from 2017.  … [Read more...] about Audiobook Trends and Statistics for 2020