Your cover will be sized per the current specifications
of audiobook publishers.
Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt: «The exclusivity agreement affected the sales opportunities
of audiobook publishers since apart from Audible there were few alternative purchasers available, especially in the area of digital audiobooks.
Michelle Cobb
of the Audiobook Publishers Association stated, «26 % of the US population has listened to an audiobook in the last 12 months.
Michaelle Cobb
of the Audiobook Publishers Association said, «The 2017 APA consumer survey showed smart speakers bounding into the market with 19 % of people having listened on one of those devices.
Not exact matches
Audible content includes an unmatched selection
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Founded in 2006 in Adelaide, South Australia, DoctorZed Publishing is an independent
publisher of print books, ebooks and
audiobooks.
Publishers Weekly and the Bologna Children's Book Fair kicked off their Global Kids Connect Breakfast series on January 25 with an event that focused on the rapid growth in the
audiobook industry as a result
of evolving technologies and increasing demand for new ways
of consuming children's book content.
This year, we have seen an uptick in simultaneous release dates, and even some instances where the
publishers have experimented with releasing the
audiobook in advance
of the print edition.
The Association
of American
Publishers said that
audiobook sales rose 30 % in January and 42 % in February compared with the same period in 2015.
Some
of the
publishers that signed on to deal with Shelfie, include Blackstone Audio, Gildan Media, Hachette Audio, HarperAudio, Scholastic Audio and Naxos
Audiobooks.
What is most interesting about the overall Canadian market is that
audiobook penetration is quite low, only 37 %
of publishers issue audio content and 63 % do not even bother.
Audiobooks in the public library system are also growing, the
publisher has seen a 300 % increase in the number
of loans through their partners such as Overdrive.
The
Audiobook Publisher's Association is sponsoring this series
of interviews with authors.
Publishers will begin to translate more
of their upcoming titles into foreign languages and they will continue to devote more people to
audiobook production.
For libraries and schools that currently have WMA
audiobook files in their collection, we will be working with the
publishers of those titles to gain permissions to update your inventory to MP3.
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.
They expanded their network in April
of 2015 with directly fetching
audiobooks from major
publishers.
One
of the ways to make the romance
publisher profitable was to expand their offerings and to get involved in the billion dollar
audiobook industry.
Findaway powers the vast majority
of audiobook stores that do not deal with
publishers directly.
In 2016 look for more
publishers to follow the lead
of Harper Audio and Harlequin Audio and reform their
audiobook units.
OverDrive, the leading supplier
of eBooks and
audiobooks to libraries and schools, announced that it has expanded into 50 different countries and just added 300,000 digital titles from more than 100 top
publishers such as Faber & Faber, Simon & Schuster UK, Penguin Random House Spain, Planeta, Random House... [Read more...]
«As we've all seen recently reported across major media, the dramatic and sustained rise
of audiobooks continues, so there is no better time than now to expand our catalog with an audio format that has seen amazing resurgence with a greater dedication
of retail space and online merchandising,» Anthony Goff, svp and
publisher, Hachette Audio, says in a statement.
Authors, writers,
publishers of eBooks,
audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety
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Book Buddy offers a full range
of publisher services including the most affordable professional
audiobook production in the U.S. Book Buddy produced over 1,000 market - ready
audiobooks in 2016 for a variety
of authors and
publishers.
Macmillan Audio President and
Publisher Mary Beth Roche and Jeff Jankowski, Founder and Vice President
of Midwest Tape and hoopla digital, have reached a deal to begin a pilot to distribute Macmillan's
audiobooks to public libraries and their patrons via hoopla digital.
One
of the most startling findings is that for traditional
publishers, 48 %
of their sales are online in the form
of either
audiobooks or ebooks.
Amazon purchases Brilliance Audio, the largest independent
publisher of audiobooks in the United States.
In 2011, she says, about 7,000
audiobooks were released; by 2015, releases numbered around 35,000, as
publishers put out recordings
of new books as well as
audiobooks from their back catalogs.
The main purpose
of our new report, «Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and
Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to tho
Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution
of more than 100,000 ebooks and
audiobooks of more than 1.000
publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to tho
publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development
of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.
EbscoHost eBooks and
audiobooks EbscoHost offers thousands
of high quality eBook and
audiobook titles from leading
publishers including best selling, frontlist, and award - winning titles across a wide range
of subject matter - including academic titles, popular fiction and more.
On Monday, the Association
of American
Publishers released their monthly report and found that
audiobook sales were up 30 % from the same month in 2015.
In a strange twist to the debate, another
audiobook publisher announced that as
of January 31st it, too, will no longer supply digital
audiobooks to libraries: Amazon - owned BrillianceAudio.
Recorded Books and Audiobooks.com will be investing heavily on hiring executives and engineers in order to solidify their position as the largest
audiobook retailer and
publisher of original content.
In this project, consumers not only pick their price for select titles from Recorded Books, the world's largest independent
publisher and distributor
of unabridged
audiobooks, they also get to select how much
of the price goes to the author and how much benefits charity.
Audible has dominated
audiobook self - publishing for a number
of years, but it might see some competition from the new
Audiobooks.com initiative Author's Republic, an aggregate audio
publisher helping to bring independently published
audiobooks onto more platforms than ever before.
The North American
audiobook retail market comprises
of two companies that have established partnerships directly with
publishers, Audible and Audiobooks.com.
This is likely the largest company involved in the
audiobook sector with a catalog
of over 100,000 titles and they deal with over 200
publishers.
Overdrive has built their own
audiobook ecosystem by establishing relationships directly with
publishers and distributors, instead
of leaning on 3rd parties.
Audiobooks are becoming big business for
publishers and many
of them are offering lucrative financial arrangements to narrators.
Meanwhile the
Publishers Association's annual statistics released earlier this year showed the value of audiobook downloads to UK publishers increased by 28 % in 2016, although it had the value at a much lo
Publishers Association's annual statistics released earlier this year showed the value
of audiobook downloads to UK
publishers increased by 28 % in 2016, although it had the value at a much lo
publishers increased by 28 % in 2016, although it had the value at a much lower # 16m.
Andrew Peterson belongs to a traditional
publisher and found that they were not willing to make an
audiobook version
of his book, because he was a debut author.
There are over 50,000
audiobooks from major
publishers available to purchase and the vast majority
of them have free samples that range between two and four minutes in length to preview.
«Brilliance has over 12 years
of experience serving the Christian market as
audiobook publisher of some of the most successful Christian authors writing today,» said Mark Pereira, President and Publisher of Brilliance Pu
publisher of some
of the most successful Christian authors writing today,» said Mark Pereira, President and
Publisher of Brilliance Pu
Publisher of Brilliance Publishing.
«Recorded Books is a premier
audiobook publisher, drawing from the days when it pioneered the industry over thirty years ago,» commented Anup Bagaria, Co-Managing Partner
of Wasserstein & Co. «With a proven management team, a portfolio
of high quality exclusive content, and proprietary technology, Recorded Books is well - positioned to capitalize on the shift from physical
audiobook formats to digital content.
In the States, the APA's member -
publishers who report their figures have seen 20 - percent or better increases in
audiobook sales for two years, 2014 and 2015, making it the kind
of sector in publishing that many
publishers, weary
of the hobbled progress
of recent ebook markets, understandably welcome.
Publishers told Maughan then that they've increased production
of audiobooks steadily, Penguin Random House and HarperAudio executives talking about 10 percent more titles produced in 12 months; Macmillan's folks citing a 28 - percent rise.
SAG - AFTRA also has contracts in place with practically all
of the audio studios producing titles for major
publishers, which guarantees a minimum rate
of $ 225 per finished hour for
audiobook narration.
This Google doc
of Audiobook Marketing Resources lists additional reviewers and was created for a panel at the 2017 Romantic Times Convention by narrator Karen White, bloggers Felicia Sparks and Viviana Izzo, and Michele Cobb, the executive director
of the Audio
Publishers Association.
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.»
In a statement, the association said that Amazon and Audible were abusing their dominant market position to force
publishers to accept «unreasonable conditions» for the marketing
of audiobooks, according to Reuters.