Already many of us have discovered how exciting format are audiobooks . Audiobooks are spoken version of the written word, recorded and offered in bookstores or online - on CD or as MP3 files for download. So let's bring the history books, to listen and look at their current popularity.
Yesterday
Audiobooks retain great tradition of oral transmission, which we know even the biography of Homer. In practice, however, already in 1931 the U.S. Congress established a program of spoken book, which was addressed to the blind. And so the first audio book released were already a year later, in 1935 began to be sent to people who could not reach the traditional book. In the 70's, audio books have appeared on vinyl and just later on cassette tapes. Already in the mid-80's audio publishers retail value exceeding several billion U.S. dollars.
In 1986, the U.S. established the Audio Publishers Association (The Audio Publishers Association) was founded by six competing companies that came together to promote the format and increase awareness of its existence. Ten years later became Audie Awards, which is annually awarded prizes for the best audio books in the United States. In Poland there is now equivalent to the first edition of the award, Audio Book of the Year, or the events that led to the Polish publishers and listeners. It is organized Nexto.pl largest Polish online shop offers more than 4,000 Polish and foreign audio books.
Today
popularity of portable music players such as MP3 Players, iPod or Zen Player received the enormous popularity of audio books in recent years. More and more people have developed each new habit in their portable listening during daily activities. The popularity of the format influenced the creation of such distributors as Librivox or FreeAudioBooks. For these projects, audio books are available free of charge by private volunteers called the Internet. the public domain. In recent years, was also a shop Audible.com also offers audio versions of the iPod.
audiobooks download version (download) usually are offered at prices lower than their counterparts on the CDs. Still, the price can exceed the price audiobbooków printed books which also influences the market penetration is lower than the market in audio format music and books. Such a pricing policy is clear sense of concern, mainly traditional publishers, with sales of their printed publications. For Polish curious listeners may also be that in the U.S. about 40% of the total consumption of audio books are a public library that recently rapidly developing their programs for download. It offers them more than 5,000 U.S. libraries.
On http://ebooki24.pl, Poland's largest digital platform to publications to choose from more than 4,000 audio books available in Polish, English and German. Audiobooks on http://ebooki24.pl are cheaper by as much as 30% of the titles on offer in bookshops. Before you purchase is worth listening to audio excerpts of books nominated in the first edition of the Audio Book of the Year at the competition. It is a valuable signpost the best available audio publications in Poland.
Source:
Nextranet.pl
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