Audiobook Business News

The subscription platform, now powered by Amazon, is bolstering stars’ production shingles and boasts a greater degree of creative freedom: “Audio is much cheaper, [so] we can take much more risk and say, ‘Let’s try that and let’s see.’”

Thinking of getting paid to record audiobooks? Hear about it from a pro: Liz Wiley.

Books on Tape founder Duvall Hecht dies; won gold medal in Olympics

February 14, 2022, Los Angeles - Podium is thrilled to announce that Kate Runde has been promoted to VP of Acquisitions and Troy Otte has been promoted to VP of Production Operations. They have both contributed enormously to Podium Audio’s business in the years since they joined the company so this

As computer-generated voices become more sophisticated, the number of audiobooks—including from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google—is set to explode.

Swedish audiobook streaming group Storytel said on Friday it had agreed to buy Audiobooks.com from investment firm KKR, marking its entry into the U.S. market.

An audiobook narrator spent two months creating a new audio edition of Dune, only to discover that the entire project was a scam

Specializing male/male erotica, ebook author Romilly King is being accused of copying some of her work from 'Supernatural' fanfics.

Which demographics listen to audiobooks the most? The ALA helped to fund a survey of more than 4,000 people, and here's what they found.

Here is a list of brilliant new audiobook narrators to look out for who have already narrated some well-loved books.

A critical essay about audiobook acting, saying that actors need to emote less and read more flatly than Diane Keaton does on her Joan Didion recordings.

Brandon Sanderson set out to raise $1 million on Kickstarter in 30 days to fund four new books. He blew past it in about 35 minutes.

The idea of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) as audiobook narrators, instead of humans, has become a focused topic of discussion in audiobook circles lately. In October, a PW article by columnist Thad McIlroy, examined the debate, sparking some reaction from both sides; professional narrators and publishers. In that piece, Mcllroy, profiled several players in this niche area of the still-developing digital audiobook segment. As the audiobook industry begins to look at the pros and cons of newer technologies, such as AI narration, a growing number of people are joining the conversation. There are basically two schools of thought around this issue.

The dawn of AI-enabled audiobook narration has led to fierce industry debate.

In 2019, Spotify announced its ambition to become the world’s leading audio platform with an expansion into podcasting through the acquisitions of Anchor and Gimlet. Since then, Spotify has not only become a leading platform for podcast creators and listeners, but also expanded on the very format of podcasting itself: taking a fixed format and... Read more »

The audio-first publisher enters into multi-year deals with Travis Baldree, R.C. Bray, Luke Daniels, Tess Irondale, Heath Miller, Jeffrey Kafer, Adenrele Ojo, Andrea Parsneau, Nick Podehl, and Tim Gerard Reynolds

Does listening to an audiobook while working hinder or enhance productivity? Let’s discuss.

Audiobooks aren’t a cheap shortcut to reading. Sometimes they elevate a book beyond its text alone.

Writer/journalist Andrew Liptak has spent years covering the nerd culture beat, and in a recent edition of his Transfer Orbit nerd culture newsletter, he uncovers a fascinating if frustrating scam …

2021 is blessing our ears! We're looking forward to these twelve YA LGBTQIA+ audiobooks releasing in the second half of this year.

After years writing nonfiction, he is now the author of a made-up tale about ghost-hunting that will only be sold as an audiobook.