Sound Off: What’s New in the Audio Market
Audiobooks continue to be a major bright spot for the industry. According to Audio Publishers Association, in 2022 alone, publishers’ audiobook revenue grew a whopping 10% to $1.8 billion. Here, PW takes a look at the publishers, platforms, and production companies bringing you the best in audiobooks this season. (Sponsored) more...and more.
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Spotify Expands Audiobooks to France and the Benelux Countries
Spotify has expanded its audiobook service to four new non-English speaking markets: France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The localized catalog includes 15,000 titles in French and 15,000 in Dutch and Flemish.
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How Does a Graphic Novel Become an Audiobook?
Translating image to sound is a difficult task, but a necessary one for some readers. The team behind the audiobook adaptation of Darrin Bell's acclaimed 2023 graphic novel 'The Talk' explains how it's done.
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ACX Testing AI Program to Replicate Narrators Voices
Under the initiative, narrators will be able submit a sample voice recording for free to ACX, which will turn it into a replica of the participant’s own voice.
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Spotify Audiobooks Partners with Norton for Richard Powers Audiobook
Spotify Audiobooks has partnered with W. W. Norton to produce and release the audiobook of Richard Powers's new novel 'Playground,' to be published on September 24. Spotify Audiobooks has been producing 10-15 titles monthly.
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PRH Audio Opens Applications for Fifth Narrator Mentorship Session
Penguin Random House Audio has opened the application process for the fifth session of its narrator mentorship program, which aims to increase diversity and inclusion within the audiobook industry.
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Spotify Adds 1,000 Audiobooks from 100 Publishers Distributed by Ingram
Spotify will now offer more than 1,000 audiobooks from some 100 publishers distributed by Ingram Content Group, including Europa Editions, Milkweed Editions, G&D Media, Bard Press, and New Society Publishers, among others.
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RBmedia Agrees to Acquire Dreamscape Media
The pending acquisition of Dreamscape will add more than 7,000 titles to RBmedia's catalog, giving the audiobook publishing giant more depth in such genres as mystery/thriller and romance.
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Wonderbook Catalog Hits 1,000
Playaway Products’ Wonderbook read-along catalog just hit 1,000 titles—and the company is celebrating the huge milestone. (Sponsored)
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Survey Finds Spotify Audiobooks Popular, but Compensation Questions Remain
As part of its efforts to force Spotify to be more transparent about how it pays authors, the Coalition of Concerned Creators commissioned a survey to discover how audiobook listeners felt about the service. It found mixed results.
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U.S. Audiobook Sales Hit $2 Billion in 2024
The audiobook market in the United States is steadily growing, the Audio Publishers Association reports, with revenue increasing by 9% to $2 billion in 2023 and 38% of American adults having listened to an audiobook in the last year.
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