{"id":3686,"date":"2021-07-01T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2021-07-01T15:13:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:13:56","slug":"what-happened-with-audiobook-sales-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/what-happened-with-audiobook-sales-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened with Audiobook Sales in 2020?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On today&#8217;s episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosm.pub\/podcast\">A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing podcast<\/a>, Joe and Elly look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/audio-books\/article\/86531-apa-says-audiobook-sales-rose-12-in-2020.html\">Audio Publishers Association report<\/a> on 2020  audiobook sales and listening habits. How many of us are switching to audio? Who is making the switch? What are we listening to? And how? 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