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Researchers state people absorb audiobooks and ebooks the same

Neuroscientists at Berkeley have discovered that the same cognitive and emotional parts…

Audible will release Walking Dead Originals

The Audible audiobooks of the Alien franchise is doing spectacularly well, and…

Digital Publishers see strong gains in audiobooks and ebooks

Major publishers have all reported that the second quarter of 2019 that…

Amazon Charts launches in the United Kingdom

Amazon Charts launched in 2007 in the United States and lists the…

Apple is making it easier to discover new podcasts

Apple is rolling out an update to their podcasting app that will…

Google Play is offering 1 week deals on audiobooks and ebooks

When it comes to audiobook and ebook retailers, Google is hardly a…

Hachette says Audiobooks account for 3.4% and ebooks 8.2% of their revenue

Hachette stated during their recent earnings report, that in the first six…

Publishers experience a 24% increase in audiobook sales

Major publishers have reported that their total sales from audiobooks have increased…

You can now listen to Overdrive Libby Audiobooks via Apple CarPlay

Overdrive powers the audiobook and ebook collections of 90% of all libraries…

Audible is working on a new system to convert audio to text

Audible is the largest audiobook retailer and dominates the market. The company…

UK ebook sales have increased by 5% in 2018

Book sales in the United Kingdom decreased by 5.4% last year, which…

Here are the best audiobooks for a Canada Day Road Trip

Your Spotify playlist might be getting a bit stale and not everyone…

DeepZen will allow authors to turn ebooks into audiobooks

DeepZen is a voice synthesizer project that utilizes artificial intelligence algorithms from IBM’s…

Marvel is going to release dozens of new audiobooks

Marvel has teamed up with Dreamscape for over two dozen new audiobooks…

Benefits of Using Audiobooks

Reading a book is a challenging task, even for book lovers. Now…

Americans are listening to more audiobooks than ever before

The audiobook industry is digitizing more frontlist and backlist titles and every…

Audible is turning the Baby Sitters-Club into Audiobooks

When I was going up everyone was reading Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew,…

Overdrive releases new Audiobook report

Overdrive is the largest digital distributor for audiobooks and ebooks in the…

74% of Audiobook listeners prefer smartphones

Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment of digital publishing and the United…

Audible Audiobook Credits now expire after one year

Audible is the largest audiobook subscription platform in the world. You can…

Audiobook sales increased by 13% in the United Kingdom

Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment in digital publishing and customers in…

eBook sales decline by 4.9% in January 2019

Downloaded audio remains the format with the highest percent revenue growth in…

Audioteka is bringing audiobooks to Turkey

Audioteka launched last year in Turkey and the company is trying to…