Audio Book Industry Facts

• The Audio Book segment is the fastest growing in the book publishing industry, with over a billion dollars in sales annually.
• Over 40 million audio books were sold last year alone.
• Millions of avid listeners enjoy listening to books in their car, while traveling, and at work.
• Many people with vision problems have been able to discover books again for the first time in years.
• In the United States, the most resent sales survey (performed by the Audio Publisher' Association in the summer of 2006 for the year 2005) estimated the industry to be worth 871 million dollars. Current industry estimates hover at around two billion US dollars per year.