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The audiobook circuit in digital publishing

Voicing the silent revolution

Bibliographic Data

ID12656231
AuthorsIben Have (0000-0003-1724-0898, Aarhus University, corresponding author), Birgitte Stougaard Pedersen (0000-0003-0553-3749, Aarhus University)
Year2019
Volume22
Issue3
Pages409-428
Publication date2019-08-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1461444819863407
OpenAlexW2965158176
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited10

Digital Internet-distributed audiobooks are a surprising game changer in digital publishing. In recent years, audiobooks have moved from being a peripheral by-product of the printed book into the centre of digital publishing and reading, but are typically still ignored in publishing studies. This article raises the voice of the audiobook by giving it a privileged status in the current transformations of book publishing caused by digitization. We present an original model of the digital audiobook circuit, which is based on interviews and knowledge from the Danish market as part of a global industry, which makes it possible to reflect and adjust according to national variations. The model is framed by theoretical discussions of values and dynamics within the digital audiobook circuit in general

Art · Digital Revolution · Digitization · Electronic publishing · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Product (mathematics · Publishing · Reading (process · Sociology · Telecommunications · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Digital Rights Management and Security

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Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 19

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