Of course, ACX has enabled self - published authors and small press publishers to tap into
this growing audiobook market as well.
Not exact matches
Of course there is a future, although
audiobooks do not have the
market share that e-books do, they are
growing.
This year I plan to focus on creating
audiobooks and I'll see how much that will pull in monthly (I know it's a
growing market).
Audiobooks are certainly a
growing market in Germany, but don't expect to sell very many of them if your ebooks aren't even selling yet either.
In the UK, The Bookseller reports in its FutureBook conference material that
audiobooks are the fastest
growing segment of the digital content
market for trade publishers, with the overall audio digital download
market «said to be worth close to # 100 million (US$ 125 million) per year.»
Besides, the
growing trend (which means more fans)
audiobooks give us a number of other advantages as well including, additional revenue streams, unique
marketing opportunities, and interesting production techniques.
According to Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy for Edison Research, «The
audiobook market continues to
grow, with more people than ever before indicating that they have listened to the medium in the past year.
The
audiobook market in the United Kingdom has
grown by leaps and bounds over the course of the past five years, but consumer adoption is still very low when compared to e-books.
According to Tom Webster, vice president of strategy for Edison Research, «The
audiobook market continues to
grow, with more people than ever before indicating that they have listened to the medium in the past year.
The UK
audiobook market is certainly
growing and it is generating at least one hundred million pounds a year for publishers and an increasingly number of retailers are hoping to capitalize on the boom period.
Audiobooks have quickly become the fastest
growing segment in publishing and are currently generating a billion dollars in the US alone, this is a
market that B&N simply can not ignore if they want to stem the tide of Nook losses.
The United Kingdom's
audiobook market is on the rise and it rose by 30 % in 2015 — and has
grown by an astonishing 170 % in the past five years, making it the fastest
growing market in publishing.
Sure the United Kingdom's
audiobook market is
growing, but it pales in comparison to the US.
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.
In the blog post, Mark Coker shared the basics of the partnership and his observations on how
audiobooks are a
growing market and a new opportunity for a wider audience for Indie authors.
He said there was a «great deal of potential» in the
audiobook market and that the industry was «just at the start» of realising the potential in the
market, citing the demographic shift and
market expansion taking place in the sector during the past five years, especially with the
growing popularity of podcasts which are now seen as «premium content».
Canadian
audiobook service Audiobooks.com is launching into the UK
market today (18th October) with a catalogue of 70,000 titles, as its c.e.o. highlights the
growing potential in the
audiobook market.
She added: «As the
audiobook market for children
grows and evolves, now feels like the perfect time to branch out into paid - for audio of longer works.»
«The
audiobook market continues to experience growth of over 30 % annually in the U.S., and the business and professional development category is one of the fastest -
growing segments within that
market,» says Troy Juliar, Chief Content Officer at RBmedia.
Audiobooks are a hot and
growing market.
Audiobooks are one of the industry's fastest -
growing segments and indies are also starting to make inroads into that
market.