Given this summary of the 7 players
on an audiobook production team, you can better appreciate the time and skills needed to create the audiobook edition of a book.
More and more performers have been able to focus entirely
on the audiobook market, while still gaining popularity and immense profits.
I do most of my «reading»
on audiobooks in the car and since I was traveling the majority of the month, I got through fewer books than I otherwise would have.
I actually have the
book on audiobooks and started listening to the first parts a few days ago.
She loves sharing her favorite books with customers, family and friends... and ever since she got
hooked on audiobooks, that list has grown!
It was designed to put the emphasis
on audiobooks where patrons can stream them online or listen to them offline, it also has a solid e-book engine.
Here is a bit
more on the audiobook market, and why the «classics» are a very attractive genre for many publishers.
If you read the book at night and end on page 94, you can pick up exactly where you left off
on the audiobook during your morning commute.
I am super
bullish on audiobook growth over the next few years and have really been focused on growing that area.
Let me first explain that I'm visually impaired and so I tend to
rely on audiobooks more than your average person.
Pop on the audiobook, bust out some paper and a pen, and get ready to take some potentially life - changing notes.
We are the only company actually posting public research on the
internet on the audiobook industry that doesn't charge for it.
Libraries serving populations over 500,000 spend the least amount of
funding on audiobooks but are among the libraries putting the most into downloadable audio; they also invest the most in downloadable movies.
Readers on forums have asked for
recommendations on audiobooks that are in the 30 — 60 hour range and look forward to books that they can engage in over the course of a week.
In the future, we would like to explore that market, however we'd like to focus
on audiobooks first.
There's something psychologically traumatic about falling behind schedule — and even worse, behind deadlines —
on an audiobook production schedule.
It is my belief that he will abandon hardware and accessories and
focus on audiobooks and e-books, which have low overhead and high profit margins.
If you've got a Kindle e-reader, you can get deep
discounts on audiobooks if you also buy or own the e-book version, and Amazon's Whispersync technology will sync your place in both formats so you can switch between them seamlessly.
At this week's FutureBook conference in London, a new specialized
track on audiobooks will give attendees a chance to focus on the born - again format that keeps racking up sales.
Ordering links for all of the audiobooks — both from Audible and from GraphicAudio — can be
found on the Audiobooks page.
Audio Rights Holders (authors, publishing houses or anyone who owns audio rights to authors» works) typically see 15 % royalty or less
on audiobook sales from industry audiobook producers / publishers (such as Recorded Books, Brilliance, etc.), and I'm being generous here.
In fact, the ripple effect is so high that the money
made on the audiobook royalties following the promotion oftentimes pays the cost of the BookBub ad!
Edison Research's national survey of American audiobook listeners features new data
on audiobook consumption patterns, purchasing behavior, podcast listening, and audiobook content.
If there are any sites out there like Bookbub that can help authors sell their audiobooks (alas, the answer is not yet, largely because authors can't control
pricing on their audiobooks and put them on sale)
Producers (narrators, editors, and other studio professionals): Producers can engage narrators or other studio professionals to perform
services on an Audiobook Production Contract they've entered into through ACX.
If you haven't jumped
on the audiobook bandwagon, here are a few benefits of audiobooks that may compel you to make your next mystery novel an ear - grabber rather than a page - turner.
I would have expected to see publisher - branded ereading software by now, direct sales and reading clubs, bundled digital and physical copies with
deals on audiobooks, loyalty schemes, communities, discovery engines, price experiments, more DRM - free books, a faster transition of manuscripts to books and a partial end to the seasonal nature of the trade, with at least some books coming to market when they're ready.
These readers get a significant discount
on the audiobook when they buy the Kindle edition first or they already own it.