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Dreamscape Media increased its focus on retail channels and partners, resulting in $30 million in revenue in 2023—a spike of 39% over the $23.5 million revenue in 2022. How did they do it? Read my interview with Sean McManus for Publishers Weekly. #audiobooks #publishing #authors #indieauthors #books #audio

AI-narration is not here to replace all audiobook narrators. But to offer another more economic options to those who which to have their books "heard". Ultimately, to have their story told to more people. Audiobook is just another method for knowledge and stories to be shared. https://lnkd.in/gDB2E32E

Business authors. If you are wondering if you should create an audiobook, the answer is YES! Check out this article from June about the growth of audiobooks. https://lnkd.in/gM6ynhDx

Audiobook Revenue and the Number of Listeners Continue to Grow — MediaContacts.co — Per #2024 consumer #data more than half of the #US population #18 has now listened to an audiobook. NEW #YORK #June #3 2024 Publishers' #audiobook revenue grew #9 in #2023 to #2 #billion continuing the #trend of year-on-year #growth according to the #Audio Publishers Association's #Sales #Survey conducted by Toluna #Harris Interactive. Edison #Research conducted the Audio Publishers Association's 2024 Consumer Survey and #found the majority of U.S. #adults #52 have listened to an audiobook, which translates to nearly 149 #million #Americans who have #ever tried the medium. Publishers' audiobook revenue grew 9% in 2023 to $2 billion, continuing the trend of year-on-year growth according to the Audio Publishers Association's Sales Survey conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive. Other key statistics from the two surveys: How the APA Consumer Study Was Conducted The study is a national survey of Americans ages 18 and older who have ever listened to a complete audiobook. Edison Research completed 1061 online interviews in February 2024. The data was weighted to the audiobook market, as measured by The Infinite Dial, a nationally representative survey of the American media landscape conducted by Edison Research. How the APA Sales Survey Was Conducted This survey was conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive on behalf of the Audio Publishers Association to gather industry sales data, publisher sales by various formats and genres. This is a national survey of Audio Publishers Association members who publish audiobooks. 27 publishers provided data, including Audible, Inc., Blackstone, Brilliance Audio, Hachette Audio, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Podium Publishing, RB Media, and Simon & Schuster. Access to this and other data prepared for the industry are available to members of the association. The Audio Publishers Association Formed in 1986, the Audio Publishers Association

Audiobook Revenue and the Number of Listeners Continue to Grow — PRBuzz.co — Per #2024 consumer #data more than half of the #US population #18 has now listened to an audiobook. NEW #YORK #June #3 2024 Publishers' #audiobook revenue grew #9 in #2023 to #2 #billion continuing the #trend of year-on-year #growth according to the #Audio Publishers Association's #Sales #Survey conducted by Toluna #Harris Interactive. Edison #Research conducted the Audio Publishers Association's 2024 Consumer Survey and #found the majority of U.S. #adults #52 have listened to an audiobook, which translates to nearly 149 #million #Americans who have #ever tried the medium. Publishers' audiobook revenue grew 9% in 2023 to $2 billion, continuing the trend of year-on-year growth according to the Audio Publishers Association's Sales Survey conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive. Other key statistics from the two surveys: How the APA Consumer Study Was Conducted The study is a national survey of Americans ages 18 and older who have ever listened to a complete audiobook. Edison Research completed 1061 online interviews in February 2024. The data was weighted to the audiobook market, as measured by The Infinite Dial, a nationally representative survey of the American media landscape conducted by Edison Research. How the APA Sales Survey Was Conducted This survey was conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive on behalf of the Audio Publishers Association to gather industry sales data, publisher sales by various formats and genres. This is a national survey of Audio Publishers Association members who publish audiobooks. 27 publishers provided data, including Audible, Inc., Blackstone, Brilliance Audio, Hachette Audio, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Podium Publishing, RB Media, and Simon & Schuster. Access to this and other data prepared for the industry are available to members of the association. The Audio Publishers Association Formed in 1986, the Audio Publishers Association

We talk about the Carbon footprint of a print book, of an e-book but what about an audiobook? Storytel has the answer (not much!).

It looks like mentions of the eBook's demise are unwarranted. Along with audiobooks, they're seeing a resurgence and expect to be popular in 2024. #publishingtrends2024 #writingunbound #creativityunbound https://lnkd.in/gQK29Rdm

U.S. Audiobook Sales Hit $2 Billion in 2024, but do you know how much it costs to create an Audiobook, and how AI is changing the landscape? Read on and tell us your thoughts in the comments https://lnkd.in/dPatHvEj

The way we read has changed. And that change is not in just how we access the reading material.In 2020, 191 million eBooks were purchased. Additionally, 23% of the $26 billion publishing industry in 2020 came from eBook purchases. Audiobooks, ebooks and AI are incredible for the opportunities provided and our wider availability to reach others. https://lnkd.in/dePy6_ak @seandollwet #publishing #ebooks #ai #audiobooks #authors #publishers