Audiobooks

For an increasing number of people, reading means listening to streamed audio files through a smartphone. The audiobook has a long history,1 of course, but what is new is its commercial impact: For the first time, audiobooks can no longer be seen as a niche market.  Read more

When voice actor Heath Miller sits down in his boatshed-turned-home studio in Maine to record a new audiobook narration, he has already read the text through carefully at least once. To deliver his best performance, he takes notes on each character and any hints of how they should sound.  Read more

Two new looks at audiobook sales trends in the United Kingdom appeared late last week during the American Thanksgiving holiday, and today (November 29), we want to touch on them.

In this article, we have an interim report from the January-to-June period of this year, from the London-based Publishers Association.

A year ago, very few audiobooks listeners would have realised that duvets were a valuable asset for recording audiobooks as well as for listening to them.  Read more

In 2007, as Apple's iTunes was cementing its dominance over digital music distribution, Amazon tried something bold. It launched the Amazon MP3 store, where all the music was DRM-free. It even used the slogan: "DRM: Don't Restrict Me."  Read more