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APPLE BOOKS
Apple Books is the best way to discover and enjoy books and audiobooks all in one place. With an incredible catalog of millions of books and audiobooks, personalized recommendations, and a vast array of free titles, Apple Books helps millions of customers uncover their new favorite titles. Audiobook customers listen subscription-free with Apple Books’ $9.99 collection, refreshed monthly, as well as the audiobook of the week and a full range of popular titles. Customers in more than 154 countries and regions can read and listen in 40 languages on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac and listen on the go with Apple Watch and CarPlay. More information is available at apple.com/apple-books.
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Audible
Audible is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering global audiences a powerful way to enhance and enrich their lives through extraordinary content. Audible’s catalog includes more than 800,000 audio titles, including Audible Originals as well as audiobooks and podcasts from leading studios, print, audio and magazine publishers and world-renowned entertainers. Audible is also home to ACX, the all-in-one marketplace for independent creators to create their audiobooks and reach a global audience.
Bookwire
Bookwire was founded in 2010 as a service provider for publisher distribution of audiobooks, eBooks and digital content. Working with over 2,500 publishing clients, Bookwire has since become one of the leading international businesses in digital publishing technology. Our innovative software "Bookwire OS – One Solution” is designed specifically for publishers, consolidating all production, distribution, marketing and analytics processes in one place and distributes over 900,000 eBooks and over 300,000 audiobooks worldwide. Our experts at Bookwire are eager to assist you in expanding your audiobook business across various sales channels and reach a wider audience.
Eljin
Eljin is the largest payer of SAG-AFTRA audiobook talent in the US. Eljin’s on-line portal lets publishers and producers pay union talent quickly, easily, and securely—all in compliance with privacy protocols and federal/state mandates. Narrators and their agents receive electronic deposits directly to their bank accounts via ACH. Monthly remittances to the union allow members to earn credits toward important health and retirement benefits. In Q2 2020, look for the release of the new Eljin platform, open to publishers, producers, narrators, and agents. All payment information in one place. Secure. Compliant. Global. Contact us at support@eljininc.com for more information on opening an account.
hoopla
hoopla is the digital brand and service of Midwest Tape, a trusted physical media provider to public libraries for almost 30 years. hoopla partners with libraries across North America to provide online and mobile access to hundreds of thousands of movies, music albums, audiobooks, eBooks, comics, and TV shows. With hoopla digital, library patrons can borrow, instantly stream and download digital media with a valid library card, from a public library that partners with hoopla digital. All content is accessible via hoopla digital’s free mobile apps for Apple and Android devices, and online at www.hoopladigital.com.
Ingram
Ingram is an industry-leading provider of comprehensive services for publishers, retailers, libraries and educators. With an expansive global network connected to over 39,000 retailers and libraries across the globe, Ingram’s services include digital and physical book distribution, print on demand, and digital learning. CoreSource, Ingram’s digital asset management and distribution platform, provides publishers with the ability to easily manage their digital supply chains, and deliver ebook and audio content directly to a global network of audio distribution channels.
John Marshall Media
Outstanding audio. Amazing experience. Every time. For over 25 years John Marshall Media's clients have hired us to produce, record, and edit their most important audiobooks. Harper Audio, PRH, Macmillan, Scholastic, and many smaller publishers trust us with more and more titles every year. Yes, we’ve done the Grammy, Audie, Earphone, and Webby winners. So have our competitors. But what separates us from them, and what keeps our clients coming back, is the experience: Amazing . . . every time.
Mosaic Audio
Mosaic Audio is an award-winning audiobook production company located in Los Angeles. With seven studios, including four VIP studios, Mosaic provides high-quality recording and full production services. Our team of experienced audiobook pros has garnered many Audie, Earphones, and Voice Arts awards and nominations. We record authors and celebrities, and cast the top narrators in the business, using our expertise to help you select the best match for your project.
One Night Stand Studios
One Night Stand Studios is a full-service audiobook and voice arts creative studio. Our boutique production company works with authors to bring their books to life in audio: consulting, casting, producing, and mastering audiobooks that listeners and fans can’t get enough of. We’ve produced hundreds of independent and self-published titles, featuring some of the most talented and sought-after actors, for all kinds of amazing writers, from best-sellers to first-timers. We love collaborating with authors to inspire new audiences through the sound of their books.
OverDrive
Reach more readers and drive discovery and sales by adding your ebooks, audiobooks and more to OverDrive’s global catalog. Sell to more than 88,000 libraries and schools that serve millions of readers. With 30+ years as the trusted digital partner to thousands of publishers and authors, OverDrive is the leading digital distribution platform, helping publishers achieve their digital goals. The Libby reading app for libraries is one of Popular Mechanics’ 20 Best Apps of the Decade, while the student reading app Sora is one of TIME’s Best Inventions. In 2021, OverDrive acquired Kanopy, the popular streaming video service for public libraries and academic institutions.
Podium Audio
Podium Audio is an audio-first entertainment studio and independent audiobook publisher that finances, develops, produces and distributes immersive audio content. Podium gained international notice for turning once-unknown author Andy Weir’s e-book The Martian into the most successful science fiction audiobook in the world. The first fiction audiobook Podium Audio published, The Martian created a strong foundation for the business, going on to become a top box office, award-winning film. Podium Audio remains at the forefront of discovering new literary and voice talent, focused on supporting, nurturing and discovering authors and narrators from the U.S. and around the world.
Pozotron
Pozotron highlights missing words and phrases, flipped words, and duplicated sentences in your narrations. Reduce audiobook returns and negative reviews while delivering high quality content to your customers. Pozotron’s clients reduced the time they spent proofing audio, all while increasing the catch-rate for issues. Visit pozotron.com to learn more.
Spotify
Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 100 million tracks and 5 million podcasts titles, for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features for music including improved sound quality and an on-demand, offline, and ad-free music listening experience. Today, Spotify is the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with 489 million users, including 205 million subscribers in more than 180 markets. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it.
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Chirp
Chirp is an audiobook retailer powered by BookBub that highlights unbeatable discounts on audiobooks. Chirp offers listeners access to a full catalog of audiobooks that they can purchase á la carte with no subscription fees, but focuses especially on surfacing limited-time audiobook deals in members’ favorite genres. Our team works with publishers and authors to curate new deals every day, helping our partners drive significant increases in sales, reach new readers, and boost visibility for their audio titles. Learn more about promoting your audiobooks with Chirp and BookBub here.
The Great Audiobook Adventure
The Great Audiobook Adventure is the leading audiobook narration program created by The Global Actor and The TreeCave. This comprehensive program is specifically designed to help actors build thriving careers working with publishers. TGAA’s methodology - Think Scrappy and Be Brave - is applicable to experienced narrators who want to grow their network AND those new to the world of narration who may need to start at the beginning. Adventurers are recognized by every major publisher, direct for the Big 5, narrate 1000s of audiobooks, were nominated for Audies and won Earphones Awards. Start your own Adventure and find out why!
Narrator Life
Created especially for working narrators by a consortium of experienced and esteemed teachers, directors and professional actors representing diverse backgrounds, approaches and narration portfolios, narrator.life brings you master classes in the art and business of audiobook narration, to help you define and achieve sustainable success. Study with Vikas Adam, Andi Arndt, Erin Bennett, Ron Butler, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Janina Edwards, Hillary Huber, January LaVoy, Ann Richardson, Emily Woo Zeller and more.
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AudiobooksNow
AudiobooksNow is an audiobook downloading and streaming service offering over 270,000 titles. Users can download or stream audiobook purchases from the audiobooksnow.com website or free apps for Apple and Android. AudiobooksNow offers a 30-day free trial to its monthly Club Pricing Plan that provides up to 50% off the retail price. The plan also includes exclusive sales, content, and double reward points toward credit back. Audiobooks can also be purchased at their everyday sale price, no plan required.
AudioFile Magazine
AudioFile is the comprehensive source of audiobook reviews and recommendations. Thirty years after starting as a print newsletter, today AudioFile is a multi-platform resource to audiobooks for consumer listeners, professional library selectors, and the audiobook industry. AudioFile publishes weekly at AudioFilemagazine.com, e-newsletters, active social media programs on Facebook, Twitter, and SoundCloud and in print 6x year. AudioFile also runs the wildly popular teen audience development project, AudiobookSYNC.com and maintains numerous content licenses for audiobook review syndication.
Brick Shop Audio
Brick Shop Audio is a recording studio specializing in audiobook and podcast production, based in New York City with 12+ years of experience. Brick Shop is an established resource for New York based talent that needs a studio home, publishers looking for post-production partners and independent authors who want a full production partner. Our talent and know-how ensures publishers and independent authors a final production of first-rate quality and consistency as they work with a diverse roster of professional narrators, directors and editors collaborating onsite at our studio in Brooklyn, and remotely. When you work with Brick Shop Audio you have a dedicated team of partners for your production, ensuring best in class production quality that works with your budget.
Curated Audio
Curated Audio is a full service audio production service. Our clients include both independent rightsholders and publishers who outsource production.
Deyan Audio
Deyan Audio was founded in 1990 by Bob and Debra Deyan. For over 30 years Deyan Audio has been a pioneer of the audiobook industry, becoming the world's largest independent producer of audiobooks. Deyan Audio has amassed 12 Grammy award nominations and 5 wins in the category of spoken word and received the APA Life Achievement Award in 2013, recognizing our work. The world's biggest publishers continue to turn to Deyan’s two state-of-the-art Los Angeles studios, and experienced staff who produce the highest quality of audio content.
Jarpa Studio
Jarpa Studio is a boutique recording complex located in the heart of Mexico City’s most elite neighborhood. With over 20 years of experience in sound design, voice-over and ADR, we are proud providers of great sound for some of the most renowned producers, developers, content creators, advertising agencies and publishers around the globe. When it comes to Audiobooks, we are the most exclusive and efficient choice that you can find in all of Latin America. Besides having a production capacity of more than 500 hours per month, we add that spice of extra to the interpretation of each one of our stories/audio fiction /audio drama/ sonic fictions to generate an unparalleled auditive experience: an outstanding mix between really humane storytelling and technical excellency.
Libro.fm
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks through your local bookstore, giving you the power to keep money within your local economy, create jobs, and make a difference in your community. Whether you are paying for monthly membership, giving an audiobook gift to a friend, or buying audiobooks for yourself or your organization, Libro.fm splits the profit from your purchases with your local bookstore.
MetaComet
MetaComet® Systems helps publishers automate royalty management, reducing effort by up to 90% while eliminating risks and improving author relations. Founded in 2000, MetaComet works with nearly 200 of the most respected names in publishing. Our Royalty Tracker® Platform automates royalty management and our AuthorPortal helps publishers to enhance author relations. The Sales Aggregator enables you to easily aggregate sales from all your different sources and other pre-processing requirements. Audio Publishers Association members receive a 20% discount off setup fees and 10% discount off monthly fees on Royalty Tracker.
Mia Moravis
A Tony®- and three-time Emmy®-nominated Producer, and Associate/Executive Producer of multiple GRAMMY®-nominated/winning albums, Moravis is the Director/Producer of multiple genres of audioworks, including these GRAMMY-contending series: The Oscar Wilde Story Suite, J. H. Sanderson’s seven-part Roadhouse Sons, and Peter Eisenstadter’s five-part audio theatre classic Greek anthology, The Myth of…. Other works she directed and produced include Manydown and the upcoming BEND. Her narrations include Thomas R. Clark’s The God Provides (for which she spoke Gaelic) and, for Learning Ally, Cat in Amie Kaufman’s and Jay Kristoff’s Aurora Rising.
NetGalley
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies and audiobooks to book advocates and industry professionals. Hundreds of thousands of members rely on NetGalley’s secure, sustainable, and easy-to-use platform to discover books, share reviews, and champion literacy. The NetGalley team coordinates closely with publishers on targeted promotions, and provides training, strategy, and consultation for incorporating NetGalley into overall marketing and publicity efforts. NetGalley is a member of the Firebrand Group, which provides leading software and services to help publishers achieve success.
Publisher Spotlight
Publisher Spotlight, a service of Myrick Marketing & Media, LLC, provides marketing and publicity support to the book industry. With more than two decades in the book industry marketing ranging from the independent bookseller world to library marketing to a national book review and at a variety of publishers, we are uniquely positioned to target niche markets in ways that maximize both sales and visibility. Located just outside Nashville, Tennessee, we are also strategically close to Ingram, one of the world’s largest wholesalers.
Tim Bader Audio
Tim Bader Audio is a full-service audiobook production company with studios just outside of Philadelphia, PA. With more than 15 years of experience making audiobooks, we know how to treat every step with care and precision. There is no job too big or too small. Learn more or reach out to us at www.timbaderaudio.com.