The latest issue of Publishers Weekly reports that digital spoken word e-tailer Audible Inc. has recorded its first profitable quarter. Their revenue increased by 68% for the first quarter of 2004.
Librarians pay attention! We need to be thinking of ways to provide our users with downloadable spoken word audio. The market indicates that this will be more popular than the failed attempts to garner interest in e-books.
Downloadable Spoken Word Audio
Here at Cleveland Public Library, we are within a month or two of launching a downloadable audiobook project based on the model we have used for downloadable ebooks. We think it’s pretty exciting.
http://www.overdrive.com/news/pr/04202004.asp