News Summary: Authors Guild Report Finds Only 25% of Readers Paid for Their Last Book

A new Authors Guild report has reached a stark conclusion: most readers are not paying for the books they read. To put it bluntly, that would seem to be the conclusion of a report from the Authors Guild. The report is dated December 2025, but the press release only came out in the last week, suggesting that some crunching and considering has been going on in the interim. I'll have a look at the more noteworthy findings and what they suggest for us as authors (Publishers Weekly's headline on the piece clearly cites a connection to declining author incomes), but first I want to situate this somewhat.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/authors-guild-report/

#audiobookgrowth #authorincome #AuthorsGuild #bookpiracy #digitallibraries

News Summary: Spotify Reports 60% Audiobook Listening Growth; Page Match Feature Drives Engagement

One reason Spotify has been in the news a fair bit of late is that May 21 was its Investor Day. That's the time each year when they make big announcements about the year ahead, such as reported in my earlier post on the ElevenLabs deal. And it's when they look back and highlight the things they are proudest of in the previous year. And that's what I'm looking at today.
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https://selfpublishingadvice.org/spotify-reports-60-audiobook-listening-growth/

#audiobookgrowth #audiobooks #ElevenLabs #familyplans #investorday

Romance Drives Fiction Boom and Audiobooks Surge: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Tis the season to celebrate audiobook growth, it seems. So what better way to mark the solstice—when the city is full of folk dancers and the countryside is full of all manner of people doing all manner of things to mark the…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/romance-drives-fiction-boom/

#audiobookgrowth #digitalpublishing #fictionsalesincrease #Romancefiction #Romantasytrend
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New Speakies Awards Spotlight Indie Audiobooks; Spotify Reports Double-Digit Growth: Self-Publishing with ALLi Featuring Dan Holloway

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway reports that audiobook growth continues across major English-language markets, with Spotify claiming a 30 percent rise in listeners and a 36…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-speakies/

#Podcast #AIimpactonrevenue #audiobookawards #audiobookgrowth #indiepublishing
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Double-Digit Audiobook Growth Returns; Dark Genres Rise; Publishers Embrace Direct Sales: Self-Publishing with ALLi Featuring Dan Holloway

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway reports a return to double-digit audiobook growth in the U.S., with revenue up 13 percent and over half of Americans now having listened…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-audiobook-growth/

#Podcast #audiobookgrowth #darkgenretrends #directsales #indieauthors
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