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Audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing. Learn all about audiobook news. Spotify Audiobooks, Audible, B&N Audiobooks and many more.

Audible Audiobook Credits can be spent directly in the app

Audible has just added the ability for people to spend their existing…

Many libraries offer Victor Reader devices for people with vision disorders

Hundreds of libraries in Canada and the United States recognize that people…

Audiobook platform Storytel starts operation in Israel

Storytel, the Swedish audiobook streaming service provider has announced the start of…

Scribd Audio is producing original audiobooks for the Spanish Market

Scribd is producing their own audiobook content with a new system called…

The new IKEA Audio Catalog is now an audiobook

IKEA has hit upon a new idea to reach out to potential…

Costco launches new Audiobook Store and iOS App

Costco is one of the largest big box retailers in the world…

Penguin Random House Ahab is a marketplace for audiobook creation

Penguin Random House has just unveiled Ahab, which is a new content…

Waze can now stream Audible Audiobooks when driving

Waze is a very popular mapping app for Android and iOS. You…

New interactive audiobooks are the latest innovation

Audiobooks are all about listening to someone else reading aloud the book…

Spotify now has audiobooks on their platform

Spotify is going beyond music and experimenting with hosting digital audiobooks. The…

ebook sales were up 5.1% in November 2020

Ebook revenues were up 5.1% in November 2020 as compared to November…

Tencent Music consolidates its audio entertainment business with Lazy Audio acquisition

Tencent Music, a division of the China-based internet giant Tencent announced it…

Audible changes their terms for audiobook returns and royalties

Audible used to have a very liberal return policy, you could start…

Best audiobook apps of 2021

While reading a book has some kind of a romance to it…

Google has released some free audiobooks using new TTS system

In early December Google announced a new initiative that would be available…

The Best AudioBooks to Enjoy on Your Kindle this Year

Since the advent of the Kindle,  it was geared towards reading ebooks.…

ebook sales in the US were up 20.4% in October

Digital book revenues were up 20.4% for the month as compared to…

Google is going to convert ebooks to audiobooks

Major publishers are releasing more audiobooks than ever before. It is a…

Apple announces best audiobooks and ebooks of 2020

Apple has just shared their top picks of the best audiobooks and…

Audible bows to publisher pressure on audiobook return policy

Audible has a return policy, where people can return audiobooks and get…

Audible makes iOS Player better for listening to podcasts

Audible has been slowly been adding more functionality for the iPad and…

J.K. Rowling Ickabog Audiobook, ebook and hardcover now available

Earlier this year, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling wrote a serialized novel…

Audiobooks sales in the UK will generate £164 this year

Digital and CD sales of audiobooks are poised to sell 22 million…