In 2017
audiobook sales rose by 12 % in volume and 15 % in value and digital audio now accounts for 5 % of consumer book spending.
The Association of American Publishers said that
audiobook sales rose 30 % in January and 42 % in February compared with the same period in 2015.
Not exact matches
According to the British PA, consumer ebook
sales rose 134 per cent in 2012, reaching # 216million, with total digital
sales up 66 per cent to # 411million (encompassing ebooks,
audiobooks downloads and online subscriptions).
They all acknowledge that the
rise of
audiobook sales have nullified the decline in e-book
sales.
Digital
audiobook sales, which
rose by nearly 40 %, helped carry the adult books segment out of the red.
The company pointed to
sales figures for Mark Manson's The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck to highlight what it called «the
rise of
audiobooks.»
Times are changing, and Spanish eBooks and
Audiobook sales have been dramatically increasing, due to the
rise of e-readers and reading apps on tablets.
The global
audiobook industry is currently worth 2.6 billion dollars and part of the reason why we have seen a dramatic increase in profitability is due to digital In the first eight months of 2014,
sales were up 28 % over the same period last year, far outstripping the growth of e-books, which
rose 6 %.
eBook
sales globally may have flatlined, but
audiobook sales have been consistently
rising.
Compare this narrow window with the
rise of print - on - demand physical book
sales, and the surge in the
audiobook market, which is open to all authors.
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 AssociatiSales of e-books overtook those of audiobooks in the US in 2009, with sales rising more than 170 %, according to data published by the Associatisales rising more than 170 %, according to data published by the Association...
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 PublisSales 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 Publissales rising more than 170 %, according to data published by the Association of American Publishers.
Print and e-book
sales are on the
rise, while
audiobook sales are seeing rapid growth despite being largely untapped by most publishers, according to early... Read more
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.
According to AAP,
sales of
audiobooks rose 26.2 percent in 2013 and an additional 28 percent in 2014, and there's no indication the trend will reverse itself.
Amid
rising audiobook sales, the FutureBook Conference's focus on the sector offered upbeat statistics and audience demographics.
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