Audiobook Business News

I'm very sad to have to post this, and very glad to have known him...

Have you ever recorded an audiobook before? Producer Paul Fegan shares his experience working with a narrator on their first audiobook at Bitsixteen, Fegan's professional recording studio in Dublin, Ireland. Learn about what worked and also what Paul would have done differently! 

"We consider ourselves a boutique audiobook studio that can spot the diamonds in the rough, undiscovered books that the large Oprah Book Club type publishers won't touch. We give voice to works that would never see the light of diction if it weren't for us. I'm constantly amazed at how many really good authors with good books are going begging for attention from publishers that don't appear interested in discovering new writers. They seem happy enough to just continually pound their audiences with the same genre and slap a known name on every book their selling...

We record a different set of "night fighters" -- authors who toil away at their day jobs then burn the midnight oil creating wonderful characters and storylines. They are not artists starving for their breakfast. They are artists starving for attention. We like to point to these ink slingers and say "Ha! We found them first!""

The Bookseller reports that this deal only includes 5,000 titles, and that it won’t take effect until February.

AudioGo was one the leading audiobook publisher in the UK. Originally known as BBC Audiobooks, it was spun off in 2010 and sold to a group of private investors and venture capitalists. AudioGo currently has a catalog of over 10,000 titles, including audiobooks from leading authors like Dick Francis, J.K.Rowling, Stephen King, and more.

This past summer, 20,000 Germans filled a Berlin stadium just to listen to the most popular audiobook series. Tomas Urbinagets inside the audiobook craze. 

Thanks to Amy Rubinate for the heads-up on this...

“Our library is thrilled to win an audiobook collection from Recorded Books,” said Sally-Adrina Taylor, Rapid City Public Libraries, Public Services – Library Associate . “Audiobooks are a popular resource at our library, and we look forward to adding these titles to our collection for our patrons to enjoy.”

Recorded Books sponsored The Digital Shift: Reinventing Libraries and as part of the event, attendees were asked to complete a survey on library trends, which registered them for a chance to win a $1,000 audiobook collection.

“We are thrilled with the number of libraries we were able to support with this giveaway,” said Rich Freese, Recorded Books CEO and President.

“Audiobooks continue to be a very important media for libraries and we gain great satisfaction in this opportunity to thank our loyal customers for the support we have received throughout the years,” Freese added.

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