This all-new title compiles the most recent data from Simmons Market Research Bureau and augments it with Simba’s proprietary intelligence to present the comprehensive review of the audio market. This analysis doesn’t just show trend information regarding the number of adults buying and how many titles they’re buying, but it presents every conceivable demographic (age, ethnicity, gender, geographic region, education level, occupation type, employment status, household income, individual income, marital status and more) in easy-to-read tables so users of this intelligence can compare the audiobook buyer with not just all book buyers, but the general population as well.

This report also uncovers audiobook buyers’ thoughts, tendencies, media habits, Internet habits, shopping behaviors, technology influences and more as compared to book buyers and the general population. Audiobook Intelligence Briefing 2010 provides a definitive picture of the buyers audiobook publishers need to be targeting.

If you have a stake in the future of the audio market, you can’t afford to be without this resource.

Additional Information

Stamford, CT—March 3, 2010—Simba Information, the market intelligence firm behind Trade E-Book Publishing 2009 and Children's Publishing Market Forecast 2010 reports, this year also added Audiobook Intelligence Briefing 2010 to its research offerings. Through more than 50 charts, the report details information on the consumers of audiobooks as well as the rapid change the market has undergone.

“While e-books get the headlines, it is the audiobook market rather than the print book one that has truly been the real digitization story," Michael Norris, senior analyst at Simba Information. “The format has undergone a massive transformation in just a few short years.”

The transformation has been especially visible in independent bookstores around the country: two years ago, about one in four didn’t carry audio titles. Today, it’s about half, according to the report, which also shows the higher tendency audio buyers have toward using the Web more and more to acquire their titles.

Another factor assisting the rapid change in format preferences has to do with the relationship consumers have with audio content. “Whether a consumer listens to an audiobook with a tape cassette player or through a digital photo frame, the user experience is pretty much the same since the content flows through wires either way,” said Norris. “When there aren’t a lot of consumers saying they love the feel of a CD in their hands there’s a big opening for a change in how the content is packaged and distributed, especially since the online world makes things noticeably easier for the consumer.”

The report also presents a comprehensive review of the audiobook market from Simba Information’s own intelligence and a compilation of national consumer data. The analysis shows trend information regarding the number of adults buying audiobooks, how many titles they buy, and presents key demographic characteristics of the buyers, including age, ethnicity, gender, geographic region, occupation type, household income, and more. The tables show the characteristics of audio buyers, traditional book buyers, and the general population.

In addition, Audiobook Intelligence Briefing 2010 contains psychographic data on audiobook buyers which uncovers their thoughts, tendencies, media habits, Internet habits, shopping behaviors and technology influences as compared to book buyers and the general population, providing a definitive picture of the buyers audiobook publishers and retailers should be targeting.

For additional information please visit www.simbainformation.com or contact Warren Pawlowski at 203-325-8193 x114.

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