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Opinion: Future Audiobook Trends

August 23, 2019
Dawn Brookes
Book Production & Distribution Advice, Running An Author Business, Self-Publishing LIfe
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The audiobook market has grown in double figures for six straight years with a 37.1% growth in the USA in 2018. If you haven't entered the audiobook market yet, now is seriously the time. Author member Dawn Brookes is here with a look forward at where she thinks the future of audiobook publishing is heading.

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Audible introduces a controversial new captions feature that has sparked allegations of an unwarranted rights grab from publishers, and Wattpad have made their Premium and Paid Stories features global.

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Self-publishing News: Who Owns Your Books?

People who bought ebooks through Microsoft have lost access to them this week while Amazon Storyteller entrants have the chance to see their work on screen.

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Self-Publishing News: Author Earnings (Again)

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Self-Publishing News: Subscription Reading

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Self-publishing News: The Challenge to Print Books

A shortage of paper causes concern for resurgent print book sales, and half of Americans have listened to an audiobook.

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Self-publishing News: Global Market

KDP and Audible offer new features, and StreetLib expands to the Middle East and South Asia following its plans for Africa.

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Self-publishing News: A Plagiarism Problem?

Plagiarism is in the news, possibly targeting indies and on KDP in general and we examine the indie presence at London Book Fair.

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Self-publishing News: Poetry Please

Poetry is taking the publishing world by storm, and new players enter the blockchain sphere while Kindle page read payments dwindle.

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Self-publishing News: Author as Publisher

We look at how the role of author as publisher is changing, and the expansion of ebooks in Africa and audiobooks in India.

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Self-publishing News: Booksellers Square Up to Amazon (Again)

Booksellers stand up to Amazon and force a backdown over the withdrawal of the Abebooks website from several countries. Smashwords celebrates its half millionth title with a radical site overhaul.

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