The Latest Developments In The Audio Book World
In the recorded history of humanity, probably no invention has
had a greater influence than the introduction of printing in the
fifteenth century by Johannes Gutenberg. Nowadays, with the
latest development in audio books, some believe that the
printing era is coming to its' end.
If you are an audio book publisher, an audio book fan or just
wondering whether you should try one of theses audio books
everybody is talking about, you are in the right place. Find out
the latest developments in this overwhelming market:
1. A higher percentage of books are being published as audio
books - All the bestsellers, all the important magazines and
journals and a high percentage of the new books are published
also as audio books. More than that, thousands of classic books
are published as audio books each year. Audio books could be
found in more and more shops - from book shops and music shops
to many online sources like online audio book rental services.
2. Massive increases of potential customers - Audio books answer
a certain need - the need to maximize time and productivity.
Audio books are considered as excellent method to improve time
management. In the competitive world we are living today time is
money. Therefore, more and more people understand that to make
the most of their time they should start using audio books.
3. Audio books are free - The mass production and the
development of new technologies reduced the costs of audio
books. One can get free downloadable audio books, low cost audio
book rentals or pay a couple of bucks for a brand new audio book
on cd or a book on tape.
4. A disposal audio book - downloadable audio books are the most
popular audio book' method today - they are cheap and require
only a MP3 player or other media player to play them. However,
in the past year disposal audio books are published - there is
no need for an external device, just the audio book a couple of
AAA batteries.
Audio books will surprise publishers, book sellers and libraries
that are not joining the celebration. I don't know what about
you - but I don't have any more a book shelf in my house.