Focus on Audio 2013: All Our Coverage

Aural Sex: The Rise in Audiobook Erotica: Focus on Audio 2013

We know that people are willing to take that extra step and go for something that’s a little more, dare I say, hardcore,” says Michele Cobb, vice-president of sales and marketing at the new audiobook erotica imprint Insatiable Press.

In the Studio with Recorded Books: Focus on Audio 2013

At Recorded Books, an audiobook publishing company with seven in-house recording studios in New York City, director Abigail McCue sits at her computer and tells narrator and actor Barbara Rosenblat that her jacket is, ahem, noisy.

A Torrent of Titles: Focus on Audio 2013

John Nesco, director of operations for audiobook publisher Tantor Media, has been very busy.

Audible Makes Upgrades

Audible has made several updates to the Audible player for iOS, extending the existing app’s natively supported devices to include iPad, iPad2, and new iPad Mini, while also enhancing the app’s performance for the iPhone.

Dreamscape Acquires Nutmeg Media

Audiobook publisher Dreamscape has acquired Nutmeg Media a book to video firm, and will immediately begin sales, marketing, and distribution of the entire Nutmeg catalog of 107 book-based children’s video titles.

Janis Ian and Audible Win Grammy

Audible Studios has received its first-ever Grammy Award for its production of Janis Ian's memoir, Society's Child: My Autobiography. The audiobook of Society’s Child, in which Ian performs every song she references in the course of her narration, was three years in the making and recorded entirely live.

Big Increase in ACX Audio Production

Audible announced that Audiobook Creation Exchange—the company’s online audiobook rights marketplace and production platform—produced ten times as many audiobooks in 2012 than it did ing 2011, its debut year.

The 2012 Listen-Up Awards

With another year gone, we can look back at the amazing crop of audiobooks from 2012 and find a little something for everyone.

Brilliance Audio Enters Print and E-book Market with New Imprint

Another audiobook publisher is getting into the print and e-book business. Brilliance Audio will begin publishing hardcover, trade paperbacks and e-book originals next year under the Grand Harbor Press imprint.