4 May 2015
Sales of audiobooks have doubled in the last five years, thanks to the popularity of digital downloads and a host of famous faces signing up to read them, figured from the Publishers Association show.
Statistics gathered by the association show that British readers spent £10million of audiobooks last year, a 25 per cent rise from the amount invested in the genre in 2013.
In 2010, just £4million was spent on audiobooks, leaving publishers fearing readers would turn away from them forever.
Instead, the rise of mobile devices and tablets has led to ever-increasing downloads, thanks to the easy access to novels on the go.
