Category: Audiobooks
AI and the Future of the Audiobook Industry –...
Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 29, 2024 | Audiobooks, Book Fairs | 0 |
Arabookverse-Beat partnership takes the globalisation of Arab literature to a new level
by Mark Williams | Apr 18, 2024 | Abu Dhabi, Arab publishing, Audiobooks, MENA publishing | 0 |
The partnership creates “a pairing uniquely positioned to deliver the optimum experience for...
Read MoreAI and the Future of the Audiobook Industry – It’s Not Either Or
by Mark Williams | Feb 29, 2024 | Audiobooks, Book Fairs | 0 |
The best practices will probably be somewhere in between. “Publishing professionals should...
Read MoreSeismic shift: Spotify bumps Apple. Rattles Audible. But no, Spotify audiobooks are not free
by Mark Williams | Feb 13, 2024 | Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Uncategorized | 0 |
There is no “free” involved. You pay money and then get a choice of content and...
Read MoreWhere does Finland’s obsession with audiobook erotica come from?
by Mark Williams | Feb 5, 2024 | Audiobooks, Finland | 0 |
“But it turned out those artsy Scandinavian films really were just artsy Scandinavian films, not documentaries. This was more disappointing for my friends than for me.”
Read MoreIs Spotify’s audiobook service already hurting Audible?
by Mark Williams | Jan 29, 2024 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
How many Audible subscribers, handing over a fixed sum each month for one single audiobook, also subscribe to Spotify for their music fix?
Read More23 million subscribed to ad-supported Netflix. Book-streaming platforms should explore the option
by Mark Williams | Jan 22, 2024 | Audiobooks, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Ebooks, Film & TV | 0 |
Would a 30 second ad inserted every five or ten chapters really be more disruptive than a knock at...
Read MoreAuthors demand Spotify tell them the deal details their publishers are keeping quiet about
by Mark Williams | Jan 6, 2024 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription | 0 |
What Spotify and others did was to expand the (music) market beyond the wildest dreams of music artists and publishers.
Read More662 million digital books were borrowed in 2023, up 19%. Don’t tell Markus Dohle!
by Mark Williams | Jan 4, 2024 | Audiobooks, Digital Libraries | 0 |
With the waiting list at 253 million, OverDrive saw demand for almost one billion downloads in 2022.
Read MoreStorytel Italy subscribers up 20% in 2023
by Mark Williams | Dec 22, 2023 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Italy | 0 |
No subscriber numbers, but confirmation that Storytel Italy, which launched in 2018, still has its...
Read MoreUSA – OverDrive downloads up 55% on 2021, but no real numbers and some implausible extrapolations
by Mark Williams | Dec 22, 2023 | Audiobooks, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, USA | 0 |
In 2021, OverDrive reported (January 2022) 506 million downloads globally. A 55% increase on that...
Read MoreUSA – sluggish sales, “Holidays” hopes, and cold realities
by Mark Williams | Nov 13, 2023 | Audiobooks, Digital subscription, Ebooks, Print, USA | 1 |
Milliott’s latest report on the struggling US print market for PW is one of so many it would...
Read MoreBowker partners with StreetLib to offer global ebook and audiobook distribution
by Mark Williams | Oct 21, 2023 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Ebooks, Self-Publishing | 0 |
StreetLib is the publisher behind The New Publishing Standard. While TNPS is not a StreetLib...
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