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Leading spoken audio company enters 2023 on the heels of significant business and market expansion

RBmedia Publishing Highlights RBmedia remained the undisputed leader in the spoken audio market with a catalog surpassing 60,000 titles in 2022—the largest offering in the industry. The company produced a record number of new titles across its 12 publishing brands—topping bestseller lists and major industry awards. During the year, the company: Released more than 8,000…

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Canelo and W.F. Howes sign publishing deal with million -selling author Nick Louth

Turning the spotlight on DI Jan Talantire and the North Devon countryside, the new series will join the growing list of successes for the author—including his bestselling DCI Craig Gillard series, as well as standalone suspense thrillers like Heartbreaker and Bite.   Nick Louth commented: “I am thrilled to be working with Canelo and W.F. Howes on an…

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RBmedia Achieves Another Year of Record-Breaking Growth

RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, today announced record-breaking 2022 performance. The company entered new strategic partnerships, expanded into key international markets, published more titles than ever before, and produced audiobooks for numerous New York Times bestsellers and literary award winners.

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Ben Miles to narrate Essex Dogs

W.F. Howes, a leading RBmedia international publishing brand, has cast leading screen and stage actor Ben Miles to narrate the audio edition of Essex Dogs, the historical fiction debut from globally bestselling historian Dan Jones.   The first book in this action-packed new trilogy from the renowned historian, broadcaster, and award-winning journalist takes us back in time…

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Caryn Franklin, MBE, and Prof. Keon West tackle identity bias in audio original published by W.F. Howes

Tackling the complex subject of bias head on, Skewed investigates the hidden messages we absorb from birth and explores how our inner worlds are shaped by false information, media trends, and our brains’ preferences for patterns and stereotypes.   Featuring guest interviews with a range of visionaries representing diverse identities and areas of expertise—from Forensic Psychology professor…

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Ear and Now

Ear And Now – A Look (and Listen) At Binaural Sounds Binaural recording is a method of recording which allows for immersive ‘3D audio’ to be produced. Binaural audio itself has quite a long history, but with the more recent proliferation of mobile devices which allow us to listen to audiobooks on the go, we…