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You Heard It Here First Dept.: Analog Audiobooks in Decline

By Ron Hogan on July 29, 2008 9:34 AM

Did yesterday’s NY Times story about the end of cassette audiobooks at Hachette sound familiar? That’s probably because the “funeral” mentioned in the article was featured in GalleyCat over a month ago, although the article does provide more statistical data on the cassette tape’s demise—such as the fact that, as of 2006, books on tape accounted for just 7 percent of all audiobook sales.

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