Storytel, Audible, Kobo, Google Audiobooks, Podimo, Nextory, Audioteka… list platforms that offer audiobooks It’s so common in Spain that almost everyone in the industry more or less implicitly assumes it’s a bubble. this BookBeat is the latest to join this fire. Swedish origin like Storytel announced at a full preview of the Frankfurt Fair a week ago that it had landed in Spain and Italy just eight months after landing in the Netherlands and Belgium.
What’s new in BookBeat is that your offer is not unlimited it is hours listening. Most platforms offer their subscribers an ocean catalog for a monthly fee or individual purchase per book, but BookBeat recommends another formula: pay for hours of rest. There are three rates with prices ranging from € 6.99 for 20 hours per month, up to € 14.99 for 100 hours per month and a third half way, €9.99 for 50 hours. The company already has 700,000 subscribers, mostly spread across Germany, Sweden and Finland.
The ‘explosion’ of the epidemic
The audiobook market is one of the most dynamic: most Pandemic world-renowned books, solid fiction and digital audio fileand the phenomenal proliferation of platforms eager to entice the reader-listener indicates that habits have changed: we have become accustomed to listening.
The market is moving and how: Amid rumors pointing to the acquisition of Storytel by one of the two major platforms (Amazon-owned Audible and Spotify), another tectonic move has shaken the industry. . until the end of September, Spotify has announced that it is entering the audiobook business. United States of America. The bombshell was spotted at the publishing expo, which until this Sunday had brought the entire industry together with ads, neon signs and ample marketing exposure in the form of a speech by Spotify vice president and new division head Nir Zicherman.
More than a decade ago, the Swedish giant changed the way we listen to music, and with it the record industry itself. No wonder, therefore, that its entry into the audiobook space has kept its competitors on the alert. Spotify started 300,000 book catalog Including the headlines of Stephen King and Michelle Obama. However, it will sell audiobooks in an unusual move that somewhat contradicts its all-inclusive streaming policy. not a la carte and flat rate subscription.
188 million subscribers
Spotify has 188 million subscribers has capitalized on the podcast boom around the world and in recent years more than anyone else. It hosts hits as well as controversial, like The Joe Rogan Experience, which has 11 million listeners accused of spreading covid lies amid a pandemic, infuriating artists like Neil Young or Joni Mitchell, and threatening to withdraw their songs. music online. platform. Interestingly, the Swedish giant has not made a profit to date, but continues to expand and entice investors. We’ll see how he adapted his famous music recommendation algorithm for books.
Audiobooks are having a sweet moment in the United States. According to the Audio Publishers Association, 74,000 were released last year (10 times more than in 2011), and 2021 annual sales were $1.67 billion, up 25% from the previous year. The undisputed leader in the North American market is Audible, owned by Amazon, with 760,000 titles.
20 million hours
Audible landed in Spain two years ago and accumulates more than 20 million hours of content listened to, according to the company. Featured in the bestseller catalog ‘If the voices come back’ by Ángel Martín, it’s like the Harry Potter saga by Leonor Watling or ‘Sherlock Holmes’ by José Coronado. Her latest mention is Almudena Grandes’ novel ‘Everything will be better’, narrated by Aitana Sánchez-Gijón after her death. And it’s gearing up for 2023 in the “audiodrama” format of Dolores Redondo’s latest novel (which would be a slightly smaller adaptation of a novel, like the audio equivalent of a movie).
According to a company study, 27% of Spaniards claim to have listened to at least one audiobook in the last year and 73% already consume audio entertainment (podcasts, audiobooks, audio fiction), representing an increase of 18% compared to 2021. The majority of users (61%) use audio entertainment at home, 49% while traveling and 24% doing household chores.
Storytel, Audible, Kobo, Google Audiobooks, Podimo, Nextory, Audioteka… list platforms that offer audiobooks It’s so common in Spain that almost everyone in the industry more or less implicitly assumes it’s a bubble. this BookBeat is the latest to join this fire. Swedish origin like Storytel announced at a full preview of the Frankfurt Fair a week ago that it had landed in Spain and Italy just eight months after landing in the Netherlands and Belgium.
What’s new in BookBeat is that your offer is not unlimited it is hours listening. Most platforms offer their subscribers an ocean catalog for a monthly fee or individual purchase per book, but BookBeat recommends another formula: pay for hours of rest. There are three rates with prices ranging from € 6.99 for 20 hours per month, up to € 14.99 for 100 hours per month and a third half way, €9.99 for 50 hours. The company already has 700,000 subscribers, mostly spread across Germany, Sweden and Finland.
The ‘explosion’ of the epidemic
The audiobook market is one of the most dynamic: most Pandemic world-renowned books, solid fiction and digital audio fileand the phenomenal proliferation of platforms eager to entice the reader-listener indicates that habits have changed: we have become accustomed to listening.
The market is moving and how: Amid rumors pointing to the acquisition of Storytel by one of the two major platforms (Amazon-owned Audible and Spotify), another tectonic move has shaken the industry. . until the end of September, Spotify has announced that it is entering the audiobook business. United States of America. The bombshell was spotted at the publishing expo, which until this Sunday had brought the entire industry together with ads, neon signs and ample marketing exposure in the form of a speech by Spotify vice president and new division head Nir Zicherman.
More than a decade ago, the Swedish giant changed the way we listen to music, and with it the record industry itself. No wonder, therefore, that its entry into the audiobook space has kept its competitors on the alert. Spotify started 300,000 book catalog Including the headlines of Stephen King and Michelle Obama. However, it will sell audiobooks in an unusual move that somewhat contradicts its all-inclusive streaming policy. not a la carte and flat rate subscription.
188 million subscribers
Spotify has 188 million subscribers has capitalized on the podcast boom around the world and in recent years more than anyone else. It hosts hits as well as controversial, like The Joe Rogan Experience, which has 11 million listeners accused of spreading covid lies amid a pandemic, infuriating artists like Neil Young or Joni Mitchell, and threatening to withdraw their songs. music online. platform. Interestingly, the Swedish giant has not made a profit to date, but continues to expand and entice investors. We’ll see how he adapted his famous music recommendation algorithm for books.
Audiobooks are having a sweet moment in the United States. According to the Audio Publishers Association, 74,000 were released last year (10 times more than in 2011), and 2021 annual sales were $1.67 billion, up 25% from the previous year. The undisputed leader in the North American market is Audible, owned by Amazon, with 760,000 titles.
20 million hours
Audible landed in Spain two years ago and accumulates more than 20 million hours of content listened to, according to the company. Featured in the bestseller catalog ‘If the voices come back’ by Ángel Martín, it’s like the Harry Potter saga by Leonor Watling or ‘Sherlock Holmes’ by José Coronado. Her latest mention is Almudena Grandes’ novel ‘Everything will be better’, narrated by Aitana Sánchez-Gijón after her death. And it’s gearing up for 2023 in the “audiodrama” format of Dolores Redondo’s latest novel (which would be a slightly smaller adaptation of a novel, like the audio equivalent of a movie).
According to a company study, 27% of Spaniards claim to have listened to at least one audiobook in the last year and 73% already consume audio entertainment (podcasts, audiobooks, audio fiction), representing an increase of 18% compared to 2021. The majority of users (61%) use audio entertainment at home, 49% while traveling and 24% doing household chores.