RBmedia and Audiobooks.com Drive Record Growth in 2020
January 28, 2021

- Released more than 7,000 new titles across its nine audio brands—more than other major publishers combined
- Acquired the leading producer of dramatized audiobooks, GraphicAudio, which supports the company’s expansion into multi-actor dramatizations, including sound effects, music, and more
- Produced groundbreaking audio originals including:
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- Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics—where Dolly shares never-before-heard stories and samples of nearly 100 of her most cherished songs
- Brandon Sanderson’s The Original—an audio-first release and the first title of RBmedia’s audio original publishing partnership with Mainframe, LLC
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- Led key literary awards and bestseller lists in 2020 with:
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- 57 New York Times bestsellers
- 3 Pulitzer Prize winners and 1 finalist
- 1 National Book Award winner and 2 finalists
- 3 Booker Prize finalists
- 6 Hugo Award finalists
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- An expanded podcast offering, which now provides access to over 92 million podcast episodes
- New AI technology to improve title recommendations so that members can easily discover content that best fits their interests
- New payment methods in partnership with Amazon, Google, and Apple to provide consumers more flexible and easy ways to purchase
- Title pre-order functionality which enables consumers to purchase new releases months in advance and access them immediately upon release
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