Thread: Is it worth the effort to produce audiobooks?
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Old 10-31-2017, 01:13 PM   #1
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Is it worth the effort to produce audiobooks?
I self-publish my novels, releasing them in ePub, PDF, audio and ODT formats. Using the figures for downloads from my website only, the first novel shows ePub: 55%, PDF: 20% and audio: 5%. The second book has ePub: 85%, PDF: 7% and audio: 4%. I think it's interesting that ePub increased so dramatically in three years (2012-2015) while PDF decreased significantly as well. The audio formats were downloaded at close to the same rate. The third book in the trilogy hasn't been out long enough to have usable data.

What I'm wondering is, since there is a lot of work and time involved in producing an audiobook, are there enough people who care about them enough for me to continue?

Thank you.

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