The average audiobook is 100,000 words, or about 11 hours long (55 words a minute, 9300 per finished hour).
Know the industry trendsĬurrent trends include car manufacturers offering free audio content with new cars, retailers bundling ebooks and audiobooks, music delivery services moving into audiobooks, better mobile apps, and growing international markets. Don't forget to ask for feedback on the content, voice quality, and pace. Also, as you develop the audiobook, share samples and get feedback from your followers on social channels like YouTube, Facebook, etc. The study also found women (55%) listen to audiobooks more than men (45%) and 14-18% of people aged 24-65 listen to audiobooks, consuming an average of 6 books per year.
They’re also fun when traveling, exercising, and working! Edison Research surveyed 2001 people and found that 43% had listened to an audio book, reflecting a strong current interest as well as a strong potential market. Know the audienceĪudiobooks are useful to people with impaired vision or limited reading abilities. But not all books are well suited to the format, including books that are full of procedures, technical jargon, and supporting images, such as cookbooks and how-to books. Audiobooks are great for fiction and are growing in nonfiction. The worldwide market is estimated at more than three billion dollars, nearly two billion of which is the U.S. Know the marketĪudiobooks are currently the highest growing segment of publishing. Here are some things to know as you consider this popular market. There are many options for publishing your work and audiobooks are one of the hottest formats.
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