Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment in the digital publishing industry. The United States continues to be the biggest market for the audio format and in 2017; there was over $2.5 billion dollars in sales, which is a slight increase from the $2.1 billion generated in 2016. Michelle Cobb of the Audiobook Publishers Association stated, “26% of the US population has listened … [Read more...] about Global Audiobook Trends and Statistics for 2018
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Instaread Audiobook Store Launches on iOS
Instaread is an iOS app that lets busy people get key insights from the most sought-after nonfiction books in 15 minutes or less. We hire professional writers and journalists to extract insights and takeaways and present them in easy-to-digest written and audio formats. Users pay $7.99 per month and they can access audio summaries of full books. As of today, through Findaway, … [Read more...] about Instaread Audiobook Store Launches on iOS
Draft2Digital is the Best Ebook Distribution Platform for Indie Authors
Draft2Digital is one of the rising superstars that indie authors should know about. They distribute ebooks to more sources than Smashwords and StreetLib. They can even get your titles into the public library via Overdrive and have a print on demand system. I spoke with Kevin Tumlinson Director of Marketing to give you the lowdown on what makes Draft2Digital unique and how they … [Read more...] about Draft2Digital is the Best Ebook Distribution Platform for Indie Authors
Findaway Voices Allows Authors To Self-Publish An Audiobook
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, libraries and audiobook retailers. There are not many options to create an … [Read more...] about Findaway Voices Allows Authors To Self-Publish An Audiobook
Will Barnes and Noble Release a New E-Reader in 2017?
Barnes and Noble tends to release a new e-reader once every two years and the last device they released was in 2015 and it continues to be marketed today. The B&N Nook Glowlight Plus is a solid digital reader because it is waterproof, has a solid front-lit display and has a few software driven features not found on any other product on the market. I think the bookseller … [Read more...] about Will Barnes and Noble Release a New E-Reader in 2017?
Odilo is taking the digital library world by storm
Odilo is a digital library solution for libraries and the company offers an interesting value proposition. They have an extensive catalog of over 800,000 ebooks and 73,000 audiobooks for branches in the United States. The other aspect of their business is a feature known as BYOC, which stands for Bring Your Own Content, which was conceptualized to allow libraries and their … [Read more...] about Odilo is taking the digital library world by storm
Audiobooks.com Data – Review of 2016
The audiobook industry has been experiencing double digit growth for the past three years. There is little to no data in regards to users listening patterns because companies such as Audible, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Findaway, Scribd and hundreds of others do not release this type of information. Luckily Audiobooks.com is bucking this trend and has just released some new data … [Read more...] about Audiobooks.com Data – Review of 2016
Findaway Launches New E-Book and Audiobook App called Duobook
Findaway is the largest audiobook distributer in the world and they power the collections of Nook Audiobooks, Scribd and hundreds of others. The company has just released a new app called Duobook, which blends the audio and e-book experience, which suggests the company might be pivoting in a new direction. At its core, DuoBook is an audiobook player and an eBook reader in … [Read more...] about Findaway Launches New E-Book and Audiobook App called Duobook
Global Audiobook Trends and Statistics for 2017
Publishers have experienced an utterly deplorable year for e-book sales and most of them have seen declines by around 12%, things have gotten so bad that most of them do not even report how many units were sold. They speak in broad generalities, which does not bode well for the future of the format. Over the course of the past three years the highest growing segment of … [Read more...] about Global Audiobook Trends and Statistics for 2017
Libro.fm is Focusing their Audiobook Business on Indie Bookstores
Libro.fm is a small audiobook company that first burst upon the scene in 2013. They have been selling their digital content directly to consumers but they are pivoting their business to allow independent bookstores to generate revenue and are going to soon be announcing a huge deal with the American Booksellers Association so 2,000 stores across the USA. Mark Pearson is the … [Read more...] about Libro.fm is Focusing their Audiobook Business on Indie Bookstores
Shelfie wants to help you discover new e-books
Shelfie is an app that digitizes your bookshelf and helps you get the digital editions at a cheaper price. Today, the company has announced a new initiative called "deal finder." The new feature uses patterns in the way readers organize their bookshelves to recommend books readers might enjoy next, and then monitors the prices of these suggested titles and sends alerts when a … [Read more...] about Shelfie wants to help you discover new e-books
eStories Launches New Digital Audiobook Service
eStories has just launched a new audiobook business and the company offers over 80,000 titles. You will be able to purchase audio editions from major publishers such as Hachette, Macmillan, and Penguin Random House. In order to buy audiobooks from eStories you have to sign up for a monthly membership package for $11.99. You get one audio credit per month and if you do not … [Read more...] about eStories Launches New Digital Audiobook Service
Digital Audiobook Sales Increase 37.7% in 2015
The Association of American Publishers have just released their new SnapShot report and they found that digital audiobook sales increased 37.7% from January to September 2015. The global audiobook industry is currently evaluated at 2.8 billion dollars, and the United States only accounts for $200 million of this total. One of the big reasons why growth has been so explosive … [Read more...] about Digital Audiobook Sales Increase 37.7% in 2015