BY RYAN PORTER
COUNTDOWN TO FRANKFURT 2020
THE EUROPEAN AUDIOBOOK INDUSTRY is worth half a billion dollars, second in the world only to the United States, according to a joint study by the Audio Publishers Association and Italian digital publishing retailer and distributor Bookrepublic. In response to the froth over all things audio, the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair (Oct. 16–20) is introducing Frankfurt Audio, its first dedicated space for the audio publishing market. The program will complement the fair’s international summit for the print publishing industry.