And Audible dominates the
digital audiobook market because, compared to other services, or outright purchases, those monthly rates are a bargain.
At a time when the book industry faces intense economic pressure, reports of an exploding
audiobook market leave independent authors and publishers wanting a piece of the action.
The United Kingdom is the second largest
audiobook market for Audible, although the country has failed to adopt the digital format in a meaningful way.
In order to foster further growth in the
UK audiobook market Audible are battling cultural apathy towards the digital format.
Read the free report here for more valuable insight into the
growing audiobook market in Canada, and «Listen Up» to consumer demand!
Amazon controls over 41 % of the entire
US audiobook market through its subsidiary Audible, according to Codex Group Research.
Of course, ACX has enabled self - published authors and small press publishers to tap into this growing
audiobook market as well.
The United Kingdom's
audiobook market rose by 30 % in 2015 — and has grown by an astonishing 170 % in the past five years.
At the Frankfurt Rights Meeting, Storytel presented another example of the
booming audiobook market, not only in terms of sales but also in terms of rights opportunities.
• Essential steps to create an audiobook • Whether you should hire a narrator or voice your own audiobook • What costs to expect, and what royalties to expect • How to reduce the cost of creating an audiobook • How to promote and market an audiobook
Derek has become well known across the UK literary scene and beyond for his work on the Mostly Lit podcast and will play a key role in marketing campaigns across the full Penguin Random House audiobook list as part of the UK's only in -
house audiobook marketing unit.
Tapping into the
robust audiobook market, Molly Barton announces a key new investor: Boat Rocker Media can leverage Serial Box's content for television and film production.
Frankly, if one site clearly offered a repeatable level of return on investment
from audiobook marketing, we'd all be on it!
We then move into the audiobook portion, which comprehensively covers what publishers need to know right now, starting with «The
Global Audiobook Market — Alive with Opportunities» which will give us the landscape of global audio publishing and insight into where it's heading.
The Terrible Tongue Twister segment (AKA «Twisting by the Fool») is sponsored by Findaway Voices, who provide all the tools that an independent author or small publisher needs in order to get into the
digital audiobook market.
What's more, Cobb's information is based on a survey from January and February in which Edison Research was commissioned to survey 2,000 respondents via telephone, establishing the
US audiobook market's outlines on the basis of such parameters as (a) how many said they'd ever listened to an audiobook; (b) when these respondents said they'd last listened to an audiobook; and (c) the number of audiobooks they said they'd listened to in the previous 12 months.
Smashwords and audiobook producer and distributor Findaway Voices have teamed up to make it easier and more affordable for new authors to break into the
growing audiobook market.
The United States is the world's
largest audiobook market and they generated over almost $ 700 million in sales over the course of 2017.
Audiobook Market Is Growing — I haven't focused on this enough, but with indie authors able to use ACX to create an indie audio book, it's worth a shot to make your own audio book in 2017 (if you haven't sold your audio sub-rights).
uBook is very bullish about
the audiobook market.
You have a higher chance of getting noticed by readers, because there may be fewer books like yours on
the audiobook market.
If these figures continue then
the audiobook market would be the same as the ebook market by the end of 2020.
Continue reading «Everybody Listen Up: Smashwords Is Entering
the AudioBook Market»
The entry into
the audiobook market is perfect timing for Barnes and Noble.
Audiobook marketing is a lot tougher than book marketing.
The Spaceship Next Door succeeded as much as I could in one of the ebook markets, not at all in the print market, and very much in
the audiobook market.
Despite those promotional / marketing setbacks and frustrations, as an author, I still believe strongly in
the audiobook market.
In today's show, we dig into audiobook promotions, looking at several low - cost methods for
audiobook marketing and promotions that you can start immediately for either no cost or for very small amounts of money.