Audiobooks will Gain in Popularity
The Pew Research Center recently reported an increase in audiobook listeners in 2016, with 14% of survey respondents saying that they listened to books. Additionally, The Association of American Publishers reports that “readers” … meaning your book buyers … have put audio in the fastest growing format. This trend is driven by changes in how and where we listen to content. Pay attention to this.
Amazon had a HOT selling season last month. What was the biggest seller? Meet Amazon’s Echo (Alexa. There’s plenty of info on the Amazon site plus free download’s available to learn about this new tech that has become one of the must-haves.
Not just for audiobooks, think podcasts as well. If you haven’t started the process of getting your books in audio, posted on Audible—suggest you don’t do an exclusive … guaranteed, you will see an array of other audio distribution models emerging as the audio growth trend expands.
Get smart. Get Savvy. If you don’t have Richard Riemans’ book, The Author’s Guide to AudioBook Creation … get it. It’s the Get Smart … Get Author Savvy thing to do.
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