and more.
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Podium Elevates Narrators with 'AudioCollab' Initiative
Podium Audio has formed AudioCollab, a new program aimed at providing audio narrators with higher pay and other support services.
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RBmedia Forms Ascent Audio Brand
RBmedia has formed a new business audio brand, Ascent Audio, which will house the publisher's 5,000 business audiobooks.
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APA Says Audiobook Sales Rose 12% in 2020
The Audio Publishers Association’s annual review of the audiobook market found another year of double-digit sales increases as well as a profound shift in listening habits.
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RBmedia Creates New Spanish Unit, BookaVivo
RBmedia has formed BookaVivo, a new Spanish-language audio unit, and named former journalist Rosanne Lake to head the division.
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Scribd Audio Launches with 40 Titles (Plus Lena Waithe and Daveed Diggs)
The lead launch title for Scribd Audio is 'Black Imagination' by Natasha Marin, originally released in print by McSweeney's. Scribd said it is looking to build its audiobook list by choosing diverse voices from leading independent publishers.
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Audible Makes Improvements to ACX Terms
Following protests from authors and author groups, Audible has made more changes in its terms of use for independent authors using its ACX platform to create audiobooks.
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Audible Rolls Out Lower-priced Subscription Plan
Audible is launching Audible Plus, a $7.95 per month service that will provide listeners will unlimited access to more than 68,000 hours of original content. In conjunction with the launch, the company has restructured its traditional credit-based subscription service into a new $14.95 per month offering called Audible Premium Plus, which will provide access to its full catalog of more than 500,000 titles.
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All Signs Point Up for Audiobooks
The APA's annual sales survey found sales from 24 reporting publishers rose 16% in 2019 over 2018 and that the number of new titles produced increased 18% to over 60,000.
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Fall 2020 Announcements: Audio
The double-digit sales increases of digital audio reported by many publishers over the past several years continue, with no signs of slowing. We’ve gathered some highlights from publishers’ fall audio offerings to give a glimpse of the bounty of titles available.
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Spring 2020 Announcements: Audio Books
For yet another year, robust sales of digital audio have helped buoy the publishing industry. As the audio market continues to blossom, we welcome some new and some growing players, and many new voices, to our seasonal list.
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