Wall Street Journal: Amazon Already Disrupted the Sale of Print Titles. Up Next: Audiobooks

“As e-book sales decline and hardcover sales flatten, publishers need audiobook rights to boost their bottom line,” said Robert Gottlieb, chairman of Trident Media Group LLC, a New York literary agency. “What’s different is that Audible is trying to get agents to sell them the audiobook rights before they go out with the other publishing rights.” Read More