Audiobook Statistics
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Did you know that in 2010...
...downloads grew to 29% of the market?
...CD sales represented 65% of the market?
...sales of preloaded devices increased significantly, now making up 5% of the market?
...unabridged audiobooks made up 78% of the market, up 10% from 2008?
In 2010, audiobook sales approached $1 billion, and grew by 4.7% over 2009 despite a slump in global book sales .
Publishers release nearly 10,000 audio books annually, and estimate that audio accounts for 10 to 15 percent of a book's total sales.
--2010 APA Sales Survey, released Oct. 21, 2010
