Wonder

Top Ebook and Audiobook Companies

Delivered January 17, 2020. Contributor: Stephie B.

Goals

To provide additional information on the top ebook and audiobook companies in the United States. 

Early Findings

Google Play Books
Google Play Books allows users to access ebooks, audiobooks, and comics. 
The platform's app has been downloaded over 1 billion times.
The app has a rating of 4.2/5 from 1.57 million reviews.
Google Play Books launched with thousands of titles including many bestsellers.
Scribd
Scribd is a service that brings together the best ebooks, audiobooks, and journalism to readers. 
Scribd has over 150 million hours in reading and more than 1 million paying subscribers. 
The service's websites experiences over 100 million unique visitors per month. 
Scribd employs people from over 20 countries. 
A subscription to Scribd costs $8.99 per month. 
Lastly, in 2017, Scribd had an estimated revenue of $50 million. 
Other Players
Other major players in the audiobook market include Barnes & Noble, Playster, Kobo Audiobooks, MK Audiobook Services, Downpour, BookBub, LibriVox, and OverDrive. 
Other major players in the ebook market include Smashwords, Rakuten Kobo, Blurb, BookBaby, Barnes and Noble, Archieboy Holdings, Booktango, and Lulu Press.

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We recommend additional research on 2-3 other top ebook services. As available, we will provide available data for each company to justify why it is considered the top i.e. name, revenues, the number of active users or paid subscribers, and the estimated total numbers of units sold.

We recommend additional research on 2-3 other top audiobook services. As available, we will provide available data for each company to justify why it is considered the top i.e. name, revenues, the number of active users or paid subscribers, and the estimated total numbers of units sold.