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AudioGo acquires BBC Audiobooks
BBC Worldwide has sold an 85% stake of its audiobooks business to a newly formed UK-based consortium called AudioGo.
BBC still looking to sell audiobooks business
BBC Worldwide, the UK broadcaster's commercial arm, is still keen to sell off its audiobook business, deeming it 'non-core'.
Bolinda launches 'e-audiobook' service for libraries & book retailers
Audiobook publisher Bolinda has launched Bolinda Digital, a new ‘e-audiobook’ service for both online book retailers and libraries. Bolinda Digital titles will appear on-screen in cat...
Ebooks overtake audio in the US
New stats from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) reveal that sales of ebooks overtook audiobooks for the first time in 2009.
Herrmanns acquire Bolinda Audio
Phil Walshe, who founded the audiobook company Bolinda Publishing some 30 years ago, has sold the business to his daughter Rebecca and her husband Jan Herrmann. ‘[We] have acquired Bolinda...
In brief
iMinds launches ‘MindTracks'New Australian audio publisher iMinds has launched a collection of short nonfiction general knowledge ‘tracks' that can be purchased and downloaded through iTun...
BBC Audiobooks for sale
The commercial arm of the BBC has confirmed that BBC Audiobooks is up for sale.
Audio downloads grow as CD sales fall
While the sale of audiobooks on CD has fallen in the past year, sales of audio downloads are up 4% in the last year in the US
US audiobook sales fell 6% in 2008
Total revenue from the 30 companies that report figures to the US Audio Publishers Association fell 6.7% in 2008, to US$331 million, PW reports.
Audiobook sales drop dramatically
As all sectors of the US market bar ebooks decline, audio seems to be hardest hit, with the Association of American Publishers reporting a 47 percent drop in audio revenue this year.
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