I've got 2
more audiobooks in production, which keeps my «new releases» going without me having to write as many new books.
Audible created the site in 2011 in order to produce
more audiobooks for the ever - growing market.
In the last couple years, I've
seen more audiobook publishers contacting indie authors who have a series selling well.
The first tips of the year include how authors can
gather more audiobook reviews, how authors can combat common health problems, and how to set writing goals.
And actually I'm buying
way more audiobooks now that I have an Audible subscription and a substantial commute to work, so if anything I'm spending more on books overall.
In a recent annual survey conducted by the Allensbach Institute said that Germans
consume more audiobooks than e-books.
Even though I'm working on
getting more audiobooks out there, and I've done paperbacks for most of my novels, ebooks easily account for 95 % of my income.
Each year, Germans
buy more audiobooks than e-books, and the voice actors are as big as rock stars.
And thanks to devices like Alexa becoming more widespread, I think we'll see more and
more audiobook sales in 2018 and beyond.
In publishing news, Apple and Amazon end decade - long audiobook exclusivity deal, which should
enable more audiobook distribution through iTunes.
This (and recording your books yourself) was the main way it was done before ACX came on the scene and
before more audiobook publishers started looking for indie authors to work with.
I have recently contracted with a narrator to produce the first Reed Ferguson mystery, This Doesn't Happen In The Movies, and as I've read more about this move by ACX, I've wondered about how viable it will be for me to move
into more audiobook creation.
They ran the gamut and included
selling more audiobooks, selling more paperbacks, selling more in international markets, increasing newsletter open rates, and what you should do to start gathering a mailing list of interested readers before you launch your first novel.
In a recent annual survey conducted by the Allensbach Institute, one very interesting factor is evident: Germans
consume more audiobooks than ebooks.
«I'm hoping the powers - that - be realize this (and care) and we'll
see more audiobooks being narrated by dual - gender narrators.
Today, Scribd has announced that they have established a working relationship with Hachette, Macmillan, HighBridge Audio, Tantor Audio, and Recorded Book to add 30,000
more audiobooks to their catalog.
And Amazon has yanked text - to - speech off their latest Kindles to sell
more audiobooks.
Matthew Thornton explained a bit on how Audible embraces celebrities in order to sell
more audiobooks.
In answer to our question, Cobb says that it does seem that
more audiobooks are produced nowadays with «production elements,» as in radio drama — sound effects, multiple voices, music such as the New Zealand - based Booktrack «s Paul Cameron produces, and so on.
A further 14 % have listened to between six and ten over the last year, whilst the heaviest users — those who have listened to 11 or
more audiobooks — account for just 9 % of audiobook listeners.
The result:
More audiobooks will be made.
A complimentary three - month subscription to Audible is included for access to over 150,000
more audiobooks.