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The Entertainment Business Podcast with Award-Winning Narrator Julia Whelan

12 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from The Entertainment Business Podcast featuring award‑winning narrator Julia Whelan, the speaker critiques the longstanding industry narrative that audiobooks are merely a convenient alternative for multitaskers who need to catch up on reading, such as for book clubs. The speaker argues that this framing undervalues audiobooks, noting a cultural shift where listeners now choose audiobooks deliberately for entertainment, much like selecting a TV show on a streaming platform. This reflects a broader re‑positioning of audiobooks from a secondary, utility‑driven format to a primary entertainment medium.

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We were told the whole time that we were just an alternative to the physical book that people who needed to multitask used. You had no value beyond just being the thing that someone could, you know, they were running behind for their book club and so they just needed to listen. They had to listen to the audio. That was the only choice available. And it was like, we saw people opting into it as entertainment the way you would go watch a TV show on your streamer.