Audiobook sales double in five years thanks to downloads and famous faces

Sales of audiobooks have doubled to £10 million since 2011, according to figures from the Publishers Association 

Audiobook sales have double since 2011 Photo: Alamy

By Hannah Furness, Arts Correspondent

The Telegraph 29 Apr 2015

Sales of audiobooks have doubled in the last five years, thanks to the popularity of digital downloads and a host of famous faces signing up to read them, figured from the Publishers Association show.

Statistics gathered by the association show that British readers spent £10million of audiobooks last year, a 25 per cent rise from the amount invested in the genre in 2013. 
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