But we also know grappling with a hardback isn’t for everyone. It’s no secret that at Penguin, we love books. In short, there’s something for everyone, whatever type of book takes your fancy. You can experience the latest literary fiction recited in the dulcet tones of world-famous actors, drift off to soothing ASMR sleep tales, shed a tear at poignant memoirs and better yourself to confidence-boosting self-improvement. The days of Edison's tinny recordings are long gone and full-cast performances and beguiling multi-sensory experiences are now the norm. That humble phonograph slowly sparked a revolution in publishing, and now thanks to the wonders of the world wide web, audiobooks are available at the touch of a button.
Its fleece was white as snow”, were the opening words whispered onto a phonograph by Thomas Edison, back in 1870. What are audiobooks?Īn audiobook allows you, the listener, to hear a recording of a printed book. So here is our easy to follow guide to getting started. Audiobooks themselves have developed massively from the author-reads-book format of old, often into fully realised soundscapes with movie-level production values – all accessible from the phone in your pocket.īut for diehard fans of physical books, the world of audiobooks can still seem a little daunting, or complicated. In 2020, 9% of the UK population bought one there were 126 audiobooks sold every minute, or two per second, according to Nielsen Books & Consumers data.Ĭouple this with the huge growth in popularity of podcasts in recent years, and it's clear we're in the midst of a golden period of listening culture. It’s fair to say that audiobooks are flourishing.
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