Not exact matches
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.
That's a pity, I'm a long time 2 credit a month Audible subscriber, and love
audiobooks I get
at least 2 a month sometimes more when there are
sales or special deals on.
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.
For example,
audiobook narrators and authors
at Amazon's ACX platform can work without initial payments passing hands and, instead, share in royalties from
sales.
At this week's FutureBook conference in London, a new specialized track on
audiobooks will give attendees a chance to focus on the born - again format that keeps racking up
sales.
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).
We're also looking
at ways to increase our opportunities to engage with our customers through the
sale of
audiobooks.
For a limited time, we'll be offering a sweet
sale of Cool Books for Hot Days — it's filled with
audiobooks at great deals that we think customers will love to listen to on the beach, while relaxing by the pool, or while getting fit for the summer.
The global
audiobook industry is currently evaluated
at $ 3.5 billion dollars and the United States is currently the largest singular market with $ 1.8 billion dollars in audio
sales in 2016 and this was a 31 % increase from 2015.
With
sales growing
at an annual rate of 20 % if your book marketing package doesn't include
audiobooks, you could be missing out on a growing number of book fans.
Online print and
audiobook sales (
at Amazon and elsewhere) make up another 14 % — 17 % of trade publishing's unit
sales, while the remaining 45 % — 52 % are ebooks.
«
Audiobooks have been
at a higher price point typically, but I don't know if that's going to continue as the business expands further and further, but right now I feel that's where the most revenue is made in terms of book
sales versus an ebook.
The store is launching
at a time that
audiobook sales are rapidly growing.
A Bookbub ad is usually good for 500
audiobook sales without fail (
at least for me).
Porter Anderson on Publishing Perspectives Golden Headsets:
Audiobooks» Growth Is Music to Publishers» Ears «At this week's FutureBook conference in London, a new specialized track on audiobooks will give attendees a chance to focus on the born - again format that keeps racking up sal
Audiobooks» Growth Is Music to Publishers» Ears «
At this week's FutureBook conference in London, a new specialized track on
audiobooks will give attendees a chance to focus on the born - again format that keeps racking up sal
audiobooks will give attendees a chance to focus on the born - again format that keeps racking up
sales.»
Looking
at the overall numbers, total print book, e-book, and
audiobook sales in January were $ 805.7 M (down 1.9 % from last January's $ 821.5 M).
Audible, which only sells digital
audiobooks, has not released
sales figures since it was purchased by Amazon in 2008, but Katz claims its membership base and
sales are growing
at over 40 percent a year, and the average member listens to 17
audiobooks annually.
Making a run
at Amazon's Audible ACX US dominance in
audiobook creation and
sales for authors, the Oklahoma City - based book publishing platform Draft2Digital has announced that on July 18, its new partnership with Findaway Voices will go live.
Sales of
audiobooks have doubled in the past five years, according to Nielsen Bookscan figures revealed
at the London Book Fair this week, with commuters and men aged 25 to 44 accounting for the bulk of that rise.
Unfortunately, S.R.E.'s partner, NovelRank, does not
at this time support historical tracking of
audiobooks, so
Sales Rank Express can not offer the charting available for other kinds of books.