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The Audiobook Report
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Your guide to what's worth listening to in the audiobook 📚🎧 world. I track the latest releases, spotlight bestsellers, and share industry news you can actually use.
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Your weekly guide to what's worth listening to in the audiobook world. I track the latest releases, spotlight rising bestsellers, and share industry news you can actually use. Click to read The Audiob...
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Lots of edits last week but back with some gems 📚🎧 Mark Ronson's Night People takes you inside '90s NYC club scene when Biggie dropped by & Jay-Z was unknown + Patricia Briggs expands Mercy Thompson universe

💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

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🎧 Fresh Picks: New Audiobooks Worth Your Time
From the dance floor in 90s New York to the a supernatural fantasy anthology
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September 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
New newsletter! 📚🎧

Kit Harington & Keira Knightley join Harry Potter's 200+ voice cast while US reading habits crash 40%.

Plus: how one indie author cracked global distribution. Industry insider takes you won't find elsewhere ⬇️

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The Audiobook Report: Hollywood Stars Join Harry Potter Cast as Reading Habits Decline 40%
+ indie author distribution wins, and why audiobooks are capturing audiences traditional books are losing.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just came up for air after editing tons of #audiobooks 📚🎧 This week's exciting new releases include a fashion empire secrets from Barneys + Rachel Cusk's mind-bending experimental fiction.

Check out in todays newsletter:

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🎧 Fresh Picks: New Audiobooks Worth Your Time
From Fashion Empire Secrets to Literary Mind Games
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September 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🚨 #Spotify just raised prices citing #AUDIOBOOKS as the reason. + #AI platforms claim they can replace human narrators with "emotionally resonant" performances.

I've used these AI tools—spoiler: they're not that simple.

Latest industry breakdown ⬇️ 💙📚

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The Audiobook Report: Spotify raises prices citing audiobook revenue
Plus AI narration platform launches amid industry criticism + why lazy press coverage misses the real story
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August 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I'm staring at this week's charts and honestly scratching my head. Only 1 new #audibook cracked the top 10 & the entire top 5 remains unchanged from last week. That's... unusual, to put it mildly. 📚🎧

Check it all out in this weeks FREE #newsletter

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🚨 This Week's Top 10 Audiobooks 🚨
Plus: My take on this week's breakout hit
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August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Spent months editing a cop memoir, legally gagged from sharing the wildest stories 🤐
Naked suspects, pepper spray fails... Super Troopers meets The Wire vibes
Pig Latin dropped today + Andrew Warren's new spy thriller Code Green

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🎧 Fresh Picks: New Audiobooks Worth Your Tim
From Street Cop Stories to International Espionage
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August 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🚨 DID @SPOTIFY CHANGE #AUDIOBOOKS FOREVER? 🤔
Their new "Follow Along" feature adds visuals to stories. What does this mean for listeners? The industry? 💙📚

Plus:
📚🎧 Romantasy takes over
🔥 emoji marketing wins
🎭 Broadway enters the chat

Full analysis ⬇️
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The Audiobook Report: Spotify's Visual Revolution & Romantasy Boom
This week's audiobook news: Spotify launches Follow Along features, romantasy explodes on TikTok, simple marketing wins big + Broadway stars join the industry
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August 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Mel Robbins superglued to #1 while Matt Diniman has 2 dungeon crawler books in top 10.

Apparently we want to battle our problems with therapy AND swords

This week: Fredrik Backman's emotional hit. New newsletter live!

💙📚 #audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

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🚨 This Week's Top 10 Audiobooks 🚨
+ My take on this week's breakout hit
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August 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Two wildly different #audiobooks this week: a haunting Scottish cold case and hard-hitting military exposé. Sometimes you need atmospheric mystery, sometimes brutal truth.

Both delivered exactly what they promised 📚🎧

💙📚 New reviews 👇

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🎧 Fresh Picks: New Audiobooks Worth Your Time
From Scottish Secrets to Military Scandals
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August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Publishers spend millions on #AI voices that sound like what pirates make for pennies on #YouTube

That + #HarryPotter + voice actor battles & more audiobook news👇

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The Audiobook Report: Piracy Surge, AI Battles & Industry Under Fire 🏴‍☠️🤖
This weeks audiobook news: Digital piracy, voice actors fight AI replacement, beloved characters spark controversy + more
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August 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Week after week, The Let Them Theory holds strong at #1. 📚🎧 We might need therapy y'all!

But this week brought TWO new fiction thrillers to the top 10! 💙📚

Check out the full top 10 #audiobooks + a deep dive into We Are All Guilty Here 👇

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🚨 This Week's Top 10 Audiobooks 🚨
Plus: My take on this week's breakout hit
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August 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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35% of audiobook listeners are pirates now 📚🎧 Not broke kids - people earning $60K+ who realized "legitimate" #AI books sound exactly like free YouTube versions

Full story + Voice actors facing $50K AI clone offers & some new tunes👇

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Audiobook Pirates Are Using Publisher Tech to Beat Publishers
+ the voice actor sellout dilemma, a new music pick and my atomic bomb book update
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August 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ever wonder what's behind that perfect Instagram grid? 📱 I dove into Lee Tilghman's brutally honest influencer memoir + escaped to Warhammer 40K's giant robot battles.

Wildly different #audiobooks 📚🎧 both delivered.

💙📚 Fresh picks in this week's newsletter ⬇️

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🎧 Fresh Picks: New Audiobooks Worth Your Time
From Instagram Confessions to Giant Robot Battles
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August 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚨 AUDIOBOOK #NEWS 📚🎧

#HarryPotter is getting the A-list treatment! Laurie as Dumbledore, Macfadyen as Voldemort. PREORDERS ALREADY TOP 10!

+ #Spotify drops 200K+ audiobooks for Premium users.

Full analysis in today's newsletter 👇

#BookLovers 💙📚 #Audiobooks

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The Audiobook Report: A-List Casts, Streaming Wars & Industry Game-Changers ⚡🎵
Breaking audiobook news: Harry Potter full-cast series, Spotify's 200K+ library launch, and indie author opportunities
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August 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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🚨 NEW: This Week's Top 10 #Audiobooks 📚🎧

The Let Them Theory STILL dominates, Project Hail Mary returns (thanks Ryan Gosling), and #HarryPotter pre-order cracks the top 10! 💙📚

+ my deep dive into Regretting You

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🚨 This Week's Top 10 Audiobooks 🚨
Plus: Why Regretting You deserves your next credit
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August 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🚨 NEW: This Week's Top 10 #Audiobooks 📚🎧

The Let Them Theory STILL dominates, Project Hail Mary returns (thanks Ryan Gosling), and #HarryPotter pre-order cracks the top 10! 💙📚

+ my deep dive into Regretting You

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🚨 This Week's Top 10 Audiobooks 🚨
Plus: Why Regretting You deserves your next credit
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August 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Just dropped my weekly #media chaos newsletter 📺🎵

This week: editing 23 actors for an A-Bomb audiobook, Nina Diaz leaving #Paramount (one of the good ones), why #AI storytelling terrifies me, + 2 bands > algorithms

Also ditching #Spotify for obvious reasons 😬

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📺 Media Chaos & Musical Therapy 🎧
Another Week of Spiraling Through Tech, Media & Sound
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August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ever judge a book by its cover? I did this week—and it paid off brilliantly. Plus: the atomic bomb oral history I spent weeks editing finally drops today. Fresh audiobook reviews from behind the studio 🎧

💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

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🎧 Fresh Picks: New Audiobooks Worth Your Time
Editor's picks from this week's releases
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August 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Silicon Valley thinks prompts = creativity. Here's why they're dead wrong. 🧵

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Silicon Valley Wants to Replace Storytellers With Prompts — Here’s Why That’s Terrifying
From Star Trek’s holodeck to Amazon’s AI ‘Showrunner’ — how tech giants are selling us creativity without the human soul
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August 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This week in #audiobooks: Emma Thompson returns to Austen, a narrator's blooper goes viral on #BookTok, and Julia Whelan calls out the industry's broken pay model.

The stories that matter + what they mean for listeners 👇

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The Audiobook Report: Weekly Industry Roundup
The week's biggest audio news from inside the industry
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August 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨 Your audiobook queue is judging you, and honestly, same. 💙📚 This week newsletter: Spotify's world domination continues, French content explodes, and a new Wally Lamb release that'll wreck you emotionally. Get the full scoop 👇

📚🎧 #Audiobooks #news

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🎧📚 The Audiobook Report 📚🎧 6/5/2025
Issue #11 - Your weekly guide to finding your next favorite listen
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June 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
💙📚 New Audiobook Report: Kennedy Ryan romance that'll ruin your commute, Spotify iOS game-changer, Michael Connelly mystery I edited, + ancient Pompeii secrets! This week's lineup is fire 📚🎧 #Audiobooks #news

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🎧📚 The Audiobook Report 📚🎧 5/23/2025
Issue #8 - Your weekly guide to finding your next favorite listen
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May 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Breaking! 💙📚 Apple approves Spotify update enabling in-app audiobook purchases for US users! This game-changing move eliminates redirects, streamlining how listeners buy and enjoy their favorite titles. Huge win for accessibility! #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

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May 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Interesting take 🤔 What do you think? I have never liked that once I cancel my Audible membership I can't listen to the books I've used credits on.

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The Big Audiobook Subscription Services Are A Scam - Good e-Reader
Audible and Everand don't allow you to continue listening to audiobooks after cancelling your subscription.
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May 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Spotify just launched "33 ⅓" audiobook series featuring deep dives into iconic albums by Celine Dion, Kendrick Lamar, Pink Floyd & more! Music history comes alive through these audio explorations 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

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Spotify Launches 33 ⅓ Audiobooks Series, Featuring Celine Dion, Kendrick Lamar, Pink Floyd & More - That Eric Alper
Spotify aims to bring compelling audiobooks to as many consumers as possible, and they’re eager to give fans even more options as they discover their next great listens. For their latest chapter, Spot...
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May 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM