As we reported last month, the US
Audiobook Publishers Association has reported a third year of strong audiobook sales growth.
Production costs for some audiobooks can be in the thousands of dollars, says
Audiobook Publishers Association President Janet Benson.
Michelle Cobb of
the Audiobook Publishers Association stated, «26 % of the US population has listened to an audiobook in the last 12 months.
The Audiobook Publishers Association runs the Audie Awards, which are dispensed to a number of notable titles in different categories.
The Audiobook Publishers Association puts on the Audie Awards every year and they put the spotlight on the top selling books and also narrators.
The Audie Awards are presented by
the Audiobook Publishers Association and puts the spotlight on production, narration and aids listeners in discovery.
Michaelle Cobb of
the Audiobook Publishers Association said, «The 2017 APA consumer survey showed smart speakers bounding into the market with 19 % of people having listened on one of those devices.
Every June
the Audiobook Publisher Association coordinates an massive event called audiobook month.
Not exact matches
The
Association of American
Publishers said that
audiobook sales rose 30 % in January and 42 % in February compared with the same period in 2015.
The
Audiobook Publisher's
Association is sponsoring this series of interviews with authors.
The
Association of American
Publishers has just released their annual report that takes a look at the overall health of the industry and how well
audiobooks, e-books, hardcover and paper sales are doing.
Macmillan Audio has 11 finalists in the Audie Awards, the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in
audiobooks and spoken word entertainment, hosted by the Audio
Publishers Association.
June is
Audiobook Month according to the Audio
Publishers Association.
On Monday, the
Association of American
Publishers released their monthly report and found that
audiobook sales were up 30 % from the same month in 2015.
Meanwhile the
Publishers Association's annual statistics released earlier this year showed the value of audiobook downloads to UK publishers increased by 28 % in 2016, although it had the value at a much lo
Publishers Association's annual statistics released earlier this year showed the value of
audiobook downloads to UK
publishers increased by 28 % in 2016, although it had the value at a much lo
publishers increased by 28 % in 2016, although it had the value at a much lower # 16m.
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This Google doc of
Audiobook Marketing Resources lists additional reviewers and was created for a panel at the 2017 Romantic Times Convention by narrator Karen White, bloggers Felicia Sparks and Viviana Izzo, and Michele Cobb, the executive director of the Audio
Publishers Association.
In a statement, the
association said that Amazon and Audible were abusing their dominant market position to force
publishers to accept «unreasonable conditions» for the marketing of
audiobooks, according to Reuters.
The APA (the American
Publishers Association) is a not - for - profit trade association that advocates for
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association that advocates for
association that advocates for
audiobooks.
Audiobook sales continue to be on fire, far outpacing eBook sales, the next fastest growing format according to the American
Association of
Publishers as reported by The Digital Reader.
According to the Audio
Publishers Association: The Voice of the
Audiobook Industry, audiobook sales were estimated at $ 923 million in 2006 (this year's survey has not yet been r
Audiobook Industry,
audiobook sales were estimated at $ 923 million in 2006 (this year's survey has not yet been r
audiobook sales were estimated at $ 923 million in 2006 (this year's survey has not yet been released).
«Podcasts are the gateway drug for
audiobooks»... the words of Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy at Edison Research, at the 2016 Audio
Publisher's
Association Conference in Chicago.
Today the Audio
Publishers Association is announcing the 3rd annual
Audiobook Blogger of the Year Contest.
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
Association of American
Publishers have just released sales data for July 2016 and we now have some key indicators on the overall health of the
audiobook and e-book industry.
The Audio
Publishers Association released the results from their annual sales survey, conducted by the independent research firm Management Practice in the spring of 2015, which revealed that the
audiobook industry is continuing to expand in sales as well as the number of titles being published in the format.
The Audie Awards recognizes distinction in
audiobooks and spoken word entertainment and is sponsored by the Audio
Publishers Association.
The
Association of German
Publishers have filed a complaint with the European commission that Amazon has created an
audiobook monopoly via their Audible unit.
Audiobooks.com's expansion into the UK follows another impressive year for the
audiobook industry, which saw explosive growth around the globe: the North American Audio
Publishers Association reported an increase of 33.9 % in
audiobook units in 2016, while in the UK the
Publisher's
Association reports the total consumer audio downloads increased by 28 %.
The
Association of American
Publishers have just released their report for 2016 and
audiobook sales were the lone bright spot.
I am so happy to be today's #loveaudiobooks host for the Audio
Publishers Association's 30 day June is
Audiobook Month blog tour.
The only sales information that is available for the
Audiobook industry stems from the American Publishing
Association and the Audio
Publishers Association.
The
audiobook market is booming, with 20 % growth annually for the last three years, expanding faster than and driving the demand for the sales of print books, according to a recent Audio
Publishers Association Audiobooks Survey conducted by Edison Research.
Sales of
audiobooks on CD are declining slightly but won't disappear as long as cars have CD players, as most current models do, said Michele Cobb, executive director of the Audio
Publishers Association.
Michele Cobb from the US Audio
Publishers Association, said the US market for
audiobooks was worth $ 1.77 bn in 2015, nearly double its worth in 2011.
For the third year in a row, the Audio
Publishers Association (APA) has announced their
Audiobook Blogger of the Year contest.
To celebrate, the Audio
Publishers Association (APA) kicked off a video campaign titled «A Good
Audiobook Speaks Volumes» in which authors and narrators share why we #LoveAudiobooks!
of
audiobook business Bolinda, who will keynote at AudioBook Revolution, and Edwin Scholte, global chief operating officer and chief financial officer at McGraw - Hill Education, who will speak at EdTech for Publishers, run in association with the EdTech
audiobook business Bolinda, who will keynote at
AudioBook Revolution, and Edwin Scholte, global chief operating officer and chief financial officer at McGraw - Hill Education, who will speak at EdTech for Publishers, run in association with the EdTech
AudioBook Revolution, and Edwin Scholte, global chief operating officer and chief financial officer at McGraw - Hill Education, who will speak at EdTech for
Publishers, run in
association with the EdTech Exchange.
Sales of e-books overtook those of audiobooks in the US in 2009, with sales rising more than 170 %, according to data published by the Association of American Publishers.
In October, the American
Association of
Publishers reported that from January to October 2015,
audiobook downloads increased by 38.1 per cent.
In the latest statistics available, the Audio
Publishers Association estimated the total size of the
audiobook industry at $ 900 million in 2009.
And as it is, only 24 % of the American public listens to
audiobooks in a given year, according to a recent Audio
Publishers Association survey.
(New York, NY - February 8, 2017)-- The Audio
Publishers Association (APA) has announced finalists for the 22nd annual Audie Awards ® competition, the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in
audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.
According to the APA (Audio
Publishers Association) more than 67 million Americans listen to
audiobooks each year.
In newly released survey results, the Audio
Publishers Association sees 56 percent of frequent
audiobook listeners identifying as male, 44 percent female.
Digital Book World reports that, according to an
Association of American
Publishers (AAP) survey, roughly 3.88 million
audiobooks and 2.47 million ebooks were distributed by subscription services in the U.S. in 2014.
According to the
Association of American
Publishers (AAP), as reported by Digital Book World, roughly 3.88 million
audiobooks and 2.47 million ebooks were distributed by subscription services in the U.S. in 2014.
The Audio
Publishers Association's latest sales survey also reported that respondents who consumed both podcasts and
audiobooks listened to twice as many
audiobooks in the last year when compared to non-podcast consumers.
The
Association of American
Publishers (AAP) reports that «downloadable
audiobooks continued to be the fastest growing format with a 26 % growth [in the first half of 2014] over the same period in 2013.»
Audiobooks.com's expansion into Australia follows another impressive year for the
audiobook industry, which saw explosive growth around the globe: the North American Audio
Publishers Association reported an increase of 33.9 % in
audiobook units sold in 2016.