Audiobook News | Publishers Weekly

Browse archive by date:

[ { "months" : [ "03" ], "year" : 1996 }, { "months" : [ "07" ], "year" : 2003 }, { "months" : [ "09" ], "year" : 2007 }, { "months" : [ "07", "11" ], "year" : 2010 }, { "months" : [ "01", "02", "05", "07", "10", "12" ], "year" : 2011 }, { "months" : [ "01", "05", "06", "10", "12" ], "year" : 2012 }, { "months" : [ "01", "02", "05", "06", "07", "08", "10", "11", "12" ], "year" : 2013 }, { "months" : [ "01", "02", "03", "04", "05", "06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "11", "12" ], "year" : 2014 }, { "months" : [ "01", "02", "03", "04", "05", "06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "11", "12" ], "year" : 2015 }, { "months" : [ "01", "03", "04", "05", "06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "12" ], "year" : 2016 }, { "months" : [ "01", "02", "03", "04", "05", "06", "08", "09", "10", "11" ], "year" : 2017 }, { "months" : [ "01", "02", "03", "04", "05", "06", "07", "10", "11", "12" ], "year" : 2018 }, { "months" : [ "01", "02", "03", "04", "06", "07", "08", "09", "10" ], "year" : 2019 }, { "months" : [ "01", "06", "08" ], "year" : 2020 }, { "months" : [ "01", "03", "06", "08", "10" ], "year" : 2021 }, { "months" : [ "03", "04", "06", "07", "09", "12" ], "year" : 2022 }, { "months" : [ "03", "06", "11" ], "year" : 2023 }, { "months" : [ "02", "03", "06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "11" ], "year" : 2024 } ]

Audible Reveals Latest Emerging Playwrights Commissions

By Shannon Stevenson | 02/11/2019 @ 09:00AM

On February 7, Audible raised the curtain on the second group of theater playwrights selected to receive support from its $5 million Emerging Playwrights Fund to create original works.
Libro.fm Brings Digital Audio to Indies

By Ed Nawotka | 02/01/2019 @ 07:00PM

Amazon’s Audible subsidiary has dominated the downloadable audiobook market for more than a decade, but a Seattle-based rival is starting to challenge that dominance.
Spring 2019 Announcements: Audio

By Shannon Maughan | 01/25/2019 @ 07:00PM

Audio publishers are finalizing their new titles for spring, and we’ve selected some highlights of the season ahead.
Hallmark to Publish Audiobooks

By John Maher | 01/18/2019 @ 09:00AM

Hallmark Publishing has partnered with Dreamscape Media, the publishing and entertainment arm of Midwest Tape, to produce and distribute its first line of audiobooks.
PW Adds Audio Clips to Reviews, Beginning With PRH

By PW Staff | 01/10/2019 @ 12:00AM

PW has begun embedding audio clips in not only the review of the audiobook, but in reviews in other formats as well. The first publisher to take part in the program is Penguin Random House.
FutureBook Wants to Make Books 'More Compelling than Netflix'

By Charlotte Abbott | 12/07/2018 @ 07:00PM

At this year's FutureBook conference in London, attendees from across the U.K. discussed trends in downloadable audiobooks, voice technology, and podcasts, and how publishers could compete with rivaling forms of entertainment.
Wiley Teams with RBmedia for Audiobooks

By Shannon Maughan | 11/21/2018 @ 09:00AM

Per an agreement announced November 19, John Wiley & Sons and RBmedia will partner to publish more than 650 Wiley audiobooks over the next three years.
Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Audiobooks

| 10/12/2018 @ 07:00PM

Listen: audiobooks make great gifts.
Changes to PW's Audiobook Coverage

By PW Staff | 07/27/2018 @ 12:10PM

PW will continue to offer news and feature coverage of physical and digital audiobooks, as well as monthly audiobook bestseller lists, but will no longer review audiobooks effective August 1.
APA Revamps Audie Awards, Gala

By Shannon Maughan | 07/18/2018 @ 08:30AM

In an effort to raise the profile of its most prestigious honor—the Audie Award—the Audio Publishers Association is moving the date for its annual Audie Awards Gala and streamlining the Awards themselves.
Fall 2018 Audio Announcements

By Shannon Maughan | 06/29/2018 @ 07:00PM

The new crop of fall audiobooks is here, and all the most popular genres are represented as the audio publishing segment continues to enjoy an era of plenty.
Audiobook Revenue Jumped 22.7% in 2018

By John Maher | 06/21/2018 @ 09:00AM

Total audiobook sales rose 22.7% in 2017, to an estimated $2.5 billion, according to a report from the Audio Publishers Association.
'Lincoln in the Bardo' Wins Top Honor at 23rd Annual Audie Awards

By Annie Coreno | 06/04/2018 @ 04:00PM

Actors, authors, producers, and other audiobook industry insiders gathered at the New York Historical Society in Manhattan on May 31 for the Audio Publishers Association’s 23rd Annual Audie Award gala where 'Lincoln in the Bardo' took home the audiobook of the year prize.
Witherspoon Brings Hello Sunshine to Audible

Shannon Maughan | 05/22/2018 @ 09:00AM

Audible Inc. has announced a partnership with Hello Sunshine, the cross-platform media brand founded by Reese Witherspoon that is dedicated to producing female-driven content.
May 2018 Audio Books: In the Studio

By Shannon Maughan | 05/11/2018 @ 07:00PM

Blackstone and Disney bring ‘Black Panther’ to audio, Lauren Groff's latest showcases the Sunshine State for Penguin, and more in this month's audio news.
April 2018 Audio Books: In the Studio

| 04/06/2018 @ 07:00PM

F. Murray Abraham heads ‘Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales,’ FBI’s James Comey wraps up reading ‘Loyalty,’ and more in this month's audio news.
Smashwords, Findaway Voices Team to Offer Audiobook Production, Distribution

By Calvin Reid | 03/22/2018 @ 12:00AM

Smashwords, a self-publishing and e-book distribution platform, is teaming with Findaway Voices to offer Smashwords authors access to Findaway's audiobook production and distribution network.
Spring 2018 Audio Announcements

By Shannon Maughan | 02/02/2018 @ 07:00PM

Publishing's audio segment continues its rise in a season boasting a wide range of titles that reflect the industry's overall growth.
HarperAudio Goes Retro with New Vinyl Audiobook Series

By Calvin Reid | 01/18/2018 @ 10:30AM

Following successful vinyl record releases by Amy Poehler and others, HarperAudio plans to produce a series of spoken word vinyl audiobook titles (with accompanying digital editions) in 2018.
The Best Audiobooks of 2017

By Annie Coreno | 01/05/2018 @ 07:00PM

Last year, our team of audio reviewers listened to more than 200 titles. Here, we highlight our favorites from the year across several categories.

Previous | Page | Next

61 - 80 of 248