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'AudioFile' Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2023
The bimonthly magazine, which covers and reviews audiobooks, has named its Best Audiobooks of 2023.
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Apple Books Names 2023 Bestsellers, Launches 'Year in Review' Feature
A new feature on Apple Books gives users Spotify Wrapped–style insights into their reading habits in 2023—a year in which Jack Carr, Prince Harry, Britney Spears, and Rebecca Yarros topped the Apple Books charts.
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Kindle Direct Publishing Will Beta Test Virtual Voice–Narrated Audiobooks
Amazon's self-publishing arm has begun a beta test on technology allowing KDP authors to produce audiobook versions of their e-books using virtual voice narration. The audiobooks will be available wherever Audible titles are sold.
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Innovation Fuels the Thriving Audiobook Industry
Publishers are developing new strategies and leveraging existing strengths in the ever-evolving audiobook market.
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Three Spanish-Language Audiobook Success Stories
Mariane Féged, director of Spanish markets at Bookwire, highlights three titles that have been especially popular on the service.
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The Next Big Idea Is Audio
When the Next Big Idea Club launched in 2018, the centerpiece of its offerings was a box subscription. It still offers that service, but the company has shifted gears, now operating as an “audio-first company.”
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The Audiobook Market, and Its Revenue, Keep Growing
The Audio Publishers Association’s annual sales survey revealed an 11th straight year of double-digit growth in audiobook sales, with 2022 revenue from reporting publishers up 10%, to $1.8 billion.
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Audiobooks Without Audible: The Hard Lessons I've Learned Routing Around Amazon
With a Kickstarter campaign now underway for the audio edition of his new book, 'Red Team Blues,' Cory Doctorow shares the mistakes of his past campaigns—and why it's all worth it.
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Audio Publishers Association Conference Spotlights Tech Disruption
The audio performers and publishers in attendance were encouraged to embrace the new tools of the trade, from TikTok to ChatGPT.
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Blackstone Grows Beyond Its Audiobook Roots
Blackstone Publishing has built a backlist of about 800 print and 950 e-book titles since it released its first books in those formats in 2016. The goal now, company president Anthony Goff said, is to continue to ramp up production across all formats.
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