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Audiobooks: who reads what & voices behind the stories

Summary

Soundings contributor – and audiobook narrator – Amanda brings us a review of the audiobook industry. The market for audiobooks has enjoyed significant and continuing growth over the past decade. This piece considers the most popular genres of audiobooks, the age groups listening and explains how opportunities for good audiobook narrators have expanded.

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The audiobook market is a dynamic industry for authors and narrators alike.

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Author

  • Amanda Benzecry

    Amanda Benzecry graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Classics and, after abandoning plans to become a professional actress, her first career was in advertising. She worked for a number of leading international agencies. After an employment hiatus in order to bring up her two sons, Amanda returned to the workplace – as an Estate Agent. She has continued to act on an amateur basis with local drama groups and has performed across a variety of different theatrical genres, as well as in film and on radio. Amanda lives in southwest London and owns two Romanian rescue dogs, four cats and a variety of fish. She very much enjoys writing and reading - out loud!

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