Literature read aloud is the new big bet of the publishing sector, but will audios really save the printing press?

The proposition is not so far-fetched if you look at the growth of Audible, which in 25 years has gone from being a small startup to become the main audiobook platform in the world, acquired by Amazon in 2008 and now has millions of users. It has more than 470,000 titles, which include novels, essays, documentaries or podcasts —Which were never printed as books— and features voices like Colin Firth or Kate Winslet. It has expanded from the US to France, Italy, India or Canada, and since yesterday its catalog is available for the first time also in Spain, with 6,700 original content in Spanish, many created ad hoc for his well publicized landing.

The arrival of this great platform to the Spanish market doubles the stakes in an area, that of recorded literature, which has not had much push in Spanish so far. But things have changed and according to experts, the confinement of recent months and subscription services are changing the landscape.

Original source of information: Pledge Times