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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...
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
UK digital market 'worth £80m' in 2008
The market for digital products in the UK publishing industry was estimated at £80m in 2008: about 85% of digital sales to consumers came from audio downloads, with just 15% from e-books or othe...
Penguin ends audiobook deal over piracy concerns
Only a month after announcing the deal, Penguin has withdrawn its audiobook titles from online download service eMusic, citing piracy concerns. eMusic is setting itself up as a competitor to Apple's i...
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...
BBC Audiobooks for sale
The commercial arm of the BBC has confirmed that BBC Audiobooks is up for sale.
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.
'How I sold my book by giving it away'
Crime writer Seth Harwood explains how he secured a publishing contract by giving away a free audiobook of his unpublished book.
BBC to offer free audio downloads via libraries
BBC Audio has announced a plan to offer library users in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa free audiobook downloads via distributor OverDrive.
Audiobook counterfeiter gets jail
In the UK, a man who made over £1 million selling counterfeited audiobooks on eBay has been jailed for 21 months.
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