Seismic shift: Spotify bumps Apple. Rattles Audible. But no, Spotify audiobooks are not free
There is no “free” involved. You pay money and then get a choice of content and...
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Category: Audible
Amazon to Consolidate Amazon Studios and MGM Teams Following Layoffs, as 5% of Audible staff are fired
On the bright side, there is no indication that AI is to blame, so the rest of the infotainment industry need lose no sleep conjuring up righteous indignation over the news.
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Non-Readers – the Holy Grail of Publishing
The global market of smartphone-owning non-readers potentially dwarfs the traditional...
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Revenue up, profits down at Audible UK amid record “sales”
If this worrying imbalance between rising revenues and falling profits is also a feature at...
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Amazon’s dismantling of its books operations continues. Book Depository will close this month. What will be next?
Here’s the thing: Publishers have for decades allowed Amazon to so dominate the market that...
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As Spotify audiobooks launches in more à la carte markets, Kobo joins Audible in bucking the industry-imagined all-you-can-eat-is-history trend
Self-fulfilling prophecies are the new black in publishing. You may have heard the one about...
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Weeks before the busiest trading period of the year, and without waiting for the results, the Amazon axe continues to swing
The prospect of Amazon following its music route becomes all the stronger as Jassy runs out of...
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Do UK 18-24 year-olds have secret access to Spotify’s not-yet-launched audiobooks platform?
“18 to 24-year-olds were found to be more likely to use non-Amazon retailers compared to...
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Amazon adds 98 million music titles to Prime. Publishers should be worried
It’s not rocket science to see where this might be heading. We can safely assume the 98...
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TNPS SPECIAL REPORT – Seismic Shifts 1: Storytel enters the English-language markets (Analysis)
Tellander is under no illusion that he must, for the immediate future, work with the credit system...
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Amazon-owned Audible rolls out unlimited subscription in 6th market, India… and counting
The concern for publishers should be that at some point Amazon will simply shift all its markets...
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Amazon-owned Audible’s unlimited subscription now in five markets. And counting…
But can anyone seriously imagine PRH taking the moral high ground and pulling its titles when (not...
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