Blackstone Audio Lands García Márquez

Oregon-based Blackstone Audio has acquired the unabridged audio rights to four books by international bestseller, Gabriel García Márquez.

August 2013 Audio Books

This month, the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whitaker, David Cross, Graham Nash, Donald Fagen, and Melissa Joan Hart are lending their talents to the audio industry and heading into the recording studio.

Harper Brings Bukowski to Audio

To celebrate what would have been his 93rd birthday, HarperAudio is publishing eight titles from Charles Bukowski—each of them never before produced as audiobooks.

AudiobooksNow Adds Macmillan

AudiobooksNow has added over 1,100 Macmillan Audio titles to its digital audiobook download and streaming service.

AudiobooksNow Adds Tantor

AudiobooksNow, which provides digital downloads and streaming services for audiobooks, has added 2,300 titles from Tantor Audio to its offerings. With the Tantor addition, AudiobooksNow has 17,000 titles in its catalog.

July 2013 Audio Books: In the Studio

This month, a host of A-list stars take to the recording studio, as well as some veteran narrators and authors reading their own work.

Findaway World Launches Playaway Bookpacks

Digital content provider Findaway World is launching the Playaway Bookpack program, which combines Playaway pre-loaded portable audiobook devices with corresponding print editions, enabling customers to read along while they listen.

Audio Books: Week of June 10, 2013

AudioGO Taps Butler for Green-Eyed Lady and more

APA Names 'End of the Affair' Audiobook of the Year

The Audio Publishers Association, at its 2013 Audie Awards ceremony on Thursday, named Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, read by Colin Firth and published by Audible, the Audiobook of the Year.

Focus on Audio 2013: All Our Coverage

In the Studio with Recorded Books: Focus on Audio 2013

At Recorded Books, an audiobook publishing company with seven in-house recording studios in New York City, director Abigail McCue sits at her computer and tells narrator and actor Barbara Rosenblat that her jacket is, ahem, noisy.

Aural Sex: The Rise in Audiobook Erotica: Focus on Audio 2013

We know that people are willing to take that extra step and go for something that’s a little more, dare I say, hardcore,” says Michele Cobb, vice-president of sales and marketing at the new audiobook erotica imprint Insatiable Press.

A Torrent of Titles: Focus on Audio 2013

John Nesco, director of operations for audiobook publisher Tantor Media, has been very busy.

Audible Makes Upgrades

Audible has made several updates to the Audible player for iOS, extending the existing app’s natively supported devices to include iPad, iPad2, and new iPad Mini, while also enhancing the app’s performance for the iPhone.

Dreamscape Acquires Nutmeg Media

Audiobook publisher Dreamscape has acquired Nutmeg Media a book to video firm, and will immediately begin sales, marketing, and distribution of the entire Nutmeg catalog of 107 book-based children’s video titles.

Janis Ian and Audible Win Grammy

Audible Studios has received its first-ever Grammy Award for its production of Janis Ian's memoir, Society's Child: My Autobiography. The audiobook of Society’s Child, in which Ian performs every song she references in the course of her narration, was three years in the making and recorded entirely live.

Big Increase in ACX Audio Production

Audible announced that Audiobook Creation Exchange—the company’s online audiobook rights marketplace and production platform—produced ten times as many audiobooks in 2012 than it did ing 2011, its debut year.

The 2012 Listen-Up Awards

With another year gone, we can look back at the amazing crop of audiobooks from 2012 and find a little something for everyone.

Brilliance Audio Enters Print and E-book Market with New Imprint

Another audiobook publisher is getting into the print and e-book business. Brilliance Audio will begin publishing hardcover, trade paperbacks and e-book originals next year under the Grand Harbor Press imprint.