Not exact matches
In each issue, I
include information on any new book releases,
audiobooks releases, and any pertinent
sales or new available book formats.
That means they are responsible for (
including contracting for) cover design, distribution, marketing, ISBNs, layout, ebook conversion,
audiobook production, front matter, back matter, ARCs, reviews, tracking
sales, tracking expenses versus income to ensure profit, tracking and reporting
sales tax, etc. (Oh, yeah,
sales tax.
Instead, I went to ACX, which is the division of Amazon that handles the entire process of putting a book on Audible,
including rights management, choosing a narrator, paying the narrator, and receiving payments for
audiobook sales.
The finished
audiobooks are distributed to all
sales channels
including Amazon and Audible.
One of the largest new trends of 2016 and 2017 will be existing companies
including audiobooks in their portfolio and leveraging their existing customer base to try out a new format and generate more
sales.
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.
Total consumer digital
sales (
including consumer ebooks, downloads and
audiobooks) showed the most rapid... [Read more...]
Thanks to your insights, we've been able to launch new programs and features to better support all authors,
including a
sales dashboard for authors who make their titles available through ACX.com and distribution of free author copies of your
audiobooks as they are released.»
Total consumer digital
sales (
including consumer ebooks, downloads and
audiobooks) showed the most rapid growth, having increased by 318 % since 2009 from # 4m to # 16m.
When you
include the 70 million
audiobooks Amazon.com sells annually (split 60/40 between digital downloads and CD format), you get roughly a billion books of all formats that are being sold by Amazon.com each year — a number that is very much in line with the reported 41 % share Amazon holds of all new - book
sales of all formats in the U.S. and their 64 % share of all online print book
sales.
You'll also have the option to distribute your
audiobook to Findaway Voices» global network of over 20
sales outlets
including Apple iTunes, Audible, Scribd, Kobo, OverDrive and Google Play.