The audiobook Top 10 this week is almost entirely human-narrated titles outperforming AI alternatives. The market has been trying to say this for a while now. New releases + full breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

A user found what they believed was recorded child abuse inside an Audible title. There was no way to report it. That should scare you. This week's newsletter is about the platform safety gap nobody in #audiobooks wants to talk about. theaudiobookreport.substack.com/p/audibles-b...

Audible is spending Manhattan real estate money to signal that premium, human-made audio is worth protecting. My hope is that investment eventually finds its way to the people actually making the content. open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

Project Hail Mary stays on top, but other than that a lot of new #audiobooks hit the charts. Plus a bunch of new releases worthy of your ears and time! 💙📚🎧 All in today's newsletter 👇 open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

Real question: Does listening to a romance novel on a flight count as joining the Mile High Club? Word is more audiobooks are coming to your flights. More in this weeks newsletter 👇 theaudiobookreport.substack.com/p/are-we-in-... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

Better late than silent. I’m a day behind on the news because the production desk was overflowing, but the wait was worth it. While the trades were quiet, the "Dutch Decay" just showed how a "Best Audiobook" winner ends up with an 8-cent royalty check. open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

New in audio this week: Tate James’s “No Fear” (Built for the Speed Listeners) Navessa Allen’s “Game On” (Duet narration perfection) Suzanne Simard’s latest (Backlist gold in the making) Full breakdown of the Tuesday Drop: open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

The March 31 charts are in. 📈 From the "Project Hail Mary" cinematic resurgence to Liza Minnelli’s high-identity narration, the data shows one thing: Listeners are craving human friction. See what #audiobooks made Top 10 + some hot new releases: open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

With 77% of listeners are demanding AI transparency - consumers are speaking up! And the publishers might be listening because Hachette dropped a book for being 78% AI-generated text This and more in today's Audiobook Report: open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

The biggest problem with audiobooks? It’s hard to share with friends. Shelfie.audio is hoping to change that. Physical cards for digital files are a direct play for the gift market and a major win for the anti-AI movement. More in the newsletter tomorrow 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

Hachette pulling “Shy Girl” for being 78% AI-generated is yet another wake-up call. If we’re spiking novels for AI “slop” on the page, we must fight just as hard to keep it out of the recording booth. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

For a decade plus, #Audiobooks relied on sales-only data. But Spotify’s new Weekly Charts just flipped the script: Engagement is the new Sales. 📉 Read the full breakdown 👇 plus: 👑 C.J. Box holds the crown 🗺️ The "GPS Effect" 🛡️ The $10 "Human Authored" Badge open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚🎧

Reminder: 70% of the world's books still have no audio version. The biggest opportunity for authors is the ears What are you putting into production this week? 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #Audiobooks 📚🎧

The "Immersion War" is here. ⚔️ Audible rebrands to "Read & Listen" while Spotify launches "Page Match" to sync physical books with audio. As a producer, your narration is now a literal GPS for the reader’s eye. Full Report: open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

The Tuesday 10 is LIVE! 🎧 🥇 C.J. Box debuts at #1 🏆 Suzanne Collins holds the "Audie Bump" ✨ Lindy West proves why AI can't touch comedic timing Plus: Is the new @AuthorsGuild "Human Authored" badge worth the $10? Join the debate: open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

Playing with a new AI audiobook tool. I can't stress this enough — for the time it takes to make it sound natural, you're still better off just hiring a voice actor.

This week in #Audiobooks 💙📚🎧 📈 Audible expands to 11 new global markets 🛡️ Authors Guild opens "Human Authored" badge to all 🤝 Bookwire acquires Zebralution (2.1M titles!) 📊 Spotify drops new weekly charts The global reset is here. Read the full Friday Report: open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

The "Audie Bump" is real. One week after sweeping the 2026 Audies at Pier Sixty, Suzanne Collins’s Sunrise on the Reaping has officially reclaimed the #1 spot. We’re breaking down the full post-awards chart shakeup in today’s report: open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

Audible just did to audiobooks what Spotify did to music. The $8.99 "Standard" tier isn't a deal for listeners. It's a math problem for authors — and most of them don't know they're already losing. New piece over on Medium: medium.com/actuallythou... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

Massive week for audio: 📈 Audible launches $8.99 tier—shifting credits from "ownership" to "access." The full report: theaudiobookreport.substack.com/p/the-spotif...

A huge congratulations to the 2026 #AudieAwards winners! The team behind 'Sunrise on the Reaping' truly earned it—Jefferson White’s performance was a masterclass and a powerful reminder of why we do what we do. www.audiopub.org/2026audieawa...

AI companies are selling convenience. For authors, the reality is foggier. #ElevenLabs’ new tool promises one-click distribution, but "Plug and Play" is a myth. If you don't direct the software, you lose the soul of the story This and more in today’s newsletter open.substack.com/pub/wesleyed...

Wow, competition is a good thing! Audible is dropping a lower-priced tier to fight for those Spotify listeners. Great for the audience, but we'll be keeping a close eye on how this affects the indie royalties. Is more volume worth a smaller slice? deadline.com/2026/03/audi...

Just dropped new Audiobook Report: ◽️ The weeks Top 10 ◽️ New ones worth your ears ◽️ looking ashead to Liza Minnelli's book ◽️Why "directing" beats "exporting" every time #WritingCommunity #Audiobooks #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthor open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

"One-click" #Audiobooks are the biggest lie in the indie author space right now. Elevenlabs new 'Audiobooks' workflow is a massive tech leap, but if you aren't directing the #AI like a human narrator, you're making #AISlop More in our newsletter from Friday👇 open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

"One-click" #Audiobooks are the biggest lie in the indie author space right now. Elevenlabs new 'Audiobooks' workflow is a massive tech leap, but if you aren't directing the #AI like a human narrator, you're making #AISlop More in our newsletter from Friday👇 open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

The #Audiobook Report is LIVE. 🎙️ Industry moves, award winners, and a reality check on #AI production. This week: 📈 Spotify’s new US/UK Charts 🏆 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees 🤖 The ElevenLabs "One-Click" debate ✨ Odyssey Award Winners Thread 🧵👇 open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

Spotify launching dedicated Audiobook Charts today is a massive win for discoverability. 🎧 www.thebookseller.com/news/spotify... #Audiobooks #IndieAuthor #TheAudiobookReport

The Audiobook Report is BACK and the star power is blinding this week. 🌟 From EGOT legends to "Cozy Fantasy" escapes, here’s what belongs in your headphones right now. #Audiobooks #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

Lots of edits last week but back with some gems 📚🎧 Mark Ronson's Night People takes you inside '90s NYC club scene when Biggie dropped by & Jay-Z was unknown + Patricia Briggs expands Mercy Thompson universe 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

New newsletter! 📚🎧 Kit Harington & Keira Knightley join Harry Potter's 200+ voice cast while US reading habits crash 40%. Plus: how one indie author cracked global distribution. Industry insider takes you won't find elsewhere ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks

Just came up for air after editing tons of #audiobooks 📚🎧 This week's exciting new releases include a fashion empire secrets from Barneys + Rachel Cusk's mind-bending experimental fiction. Check out in todays newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

🚨 #Spotify just raised prices citing #AUDIOBOOKS as the reason. + #AI platforms claim they can replace human narrators with "emotionally resonant" performances. I've used these AI tools—spoiler: they're not that simple. Latest industry breakdown ⬇️ 💙📚 open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

I'm staring at this week's charts and honestly scratching my head. Only 1 new #audibook cracked the top 10 & the entire top 5 remains unchanged from last week. That's... unusual, to put it mildly. 📚🎧 Check it all out in this weeks FREE #newsletter open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

Spent months editing a cop memoir, legally gagged from sharing the wildest stories 🤐 Naked suspects, pepper spray fails... Super Troopers meets The Wire vibes Pig Latin dropped today + Andrew Warren's new spy thriller Code Green open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧

🚨 DID @SPOTIFY CHANGE #AUDIOBOOKS FOREVER? 🤔 Their new "Follow Along" feature adds visuals to stories. What does this mean for listeners? The industry? 💙📚 Plus: 📚🎧 Romantasy takes over 🔥 emoji marketing wins 🎭 Broadway enters the chat Full analysis ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

Mel Robbins superglued to #1 while Matt Diniman has 2 dungeon crawler books in top 10. Apparently we want to battle our problems with therapy AND swords This week: Fredrik Backman's emotional hit. New newsletter live! 💙📚 #audiobooks 📚🎧 #news open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

Two wildly different #audiobooks this week: a haunting Scottish cold case and hard-hitting military exposé. Sometimes you need atmospheric mystery, sometimes brutal truth. Both delivered exactly what they promised 📚🎧 💙📚 New reviews 👇 open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

Publishers spend millions on #AI voices that sound like what pirates make for pennies on #YouTube That + #HarryPotter + voice actor battles & more audiobook news👇 open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

Week after week, The Let Them Theory holds strong at #1. 📚🎧 We might need therapy y'all! But this week brought TWO new fiction thrillers to the top 10! 💙📚 Check out the full top 10 #audiobooks + a deep dive into We Are All Guilty Here 👇 open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

35% of audiobook listeners are pirates now 📚🎧 Not broke kids - people earning $60K+ who realized "legitimate" #AI books sound exactly like free YouTube versions Full story + Voice actors facing $50K AI clone offers & some new tunes👇 wesleyedits.substack.com/p/audiobook-...

Ever wonder what's behind that perfect Instagram grid? 📱 I dove into Lee Tilghman's brutally honest influencer memoir + escaped to Warhammer 40K's giant robot battles. Wildly different #audiobooks 📚🎧 both delivered. 💙📚 Fresh picks in this week's newsletter ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

🚨 AUDIOBOOK #NEWS 📚🎧 #HarryPotter is getting the A-list treatment! Laurie as Dumbledore, Macfadyen as Voldemort. PREORDERS ALREADY TOP 10! + #Spotify drops 200K+ audiobooks for Premium users. Full analysis in today's newsletter 👇 #BookLovers 💙📚 #Audiobooks open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

🚨 NEW: This Week's Top 10 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 The Let Them Theory STILL dominates, Project Hail Mary returns (thanks Ryan Gosling), and #HarryPotter pre-order cracks the top 10! 💙📚 + my deep dive into Regretting You open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

🚨 NEW: This Week's Top 10 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 The Let Them Theory STILL dominates, Project Hail Mary returns (thanks Ryan Gosling), and #HarryPotter pre-order cracks the top 10! 💙📚 + my deep dive into Regretting You open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

Just dropped my weekly #media chaos newsletter 📺🎵 This week: editing 23 actors for an A-Bomb audiobook, Nina Diaz leaving #Paramount (one of the good ones), why #AI storytelling terrifies me, + 2 bands > algorithms Also ditching #Spotify for obvious reasons 😬 open.substack.com/pub/wesleyed...

Ever judge a book by its cover? I did this week—and it paid off brilliantly. Plus: the atomic bomb oral history I spent weeks editing finally drops today. Fresh audiobook reviews from behind the studio 🎧 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...

Silicon Valley thinks prompts = creativity. Here's why they're dead wrong. 🧵 medium.com/generative-a...

This week in #audiobooks: Emma Thompson returns to Austen, a narrator's blooper goes viral on #BookTok, and Julia Whelan calls out the industry's broken pay model. The stories that matter + what they mean for listeners 👇 open.substack.com/pub/theaudio... 💙📚 #Audiobooks 📚🎧 #news

🚨 Your audiobook queue is judging you, and honestly, same. 💙📚 This week newsletter: Spotify's world domination continues, French content explodes, and a new Wally Lamb release that'll wreck you emotionally. Get the full scoop 👇 📚🎧 #Audiobooks #news open.substack.com/pub/theaudio...