Online retailer Amazon.com announced that it has acquired Brilliance Audio, the largest independent publisher of audiobooks in the United States. The acquisition will enable Amazon to work closely with the book publishing community to further expand the number of books produced in audio format and provide customers with an even greater selection of audiobooks to find, discover and buy.
Amazon.com subsidiary CustomFlix also announced that it now supports both standard CD and MP3-CD audiobook formats via its Disc on Demand service. CustomFlix complements the acquisition of Brilliance Audio by providing publishers and authors an easy and economical way to introduce new titles on an inventory-free basis, or to keep physical formats of audiobook titles available that may otherwise go out of production.
“Brilliance Audio has been delighting customers for more than two decades with their world-class audiobook capabilities,†said Greg Greeley, vice president of books at Amazon.com. “With this acquisition we can make it more efficient for authors and book publishers of all sizes to expand the number of titles produced in increasingly popular audio formats, offering customers a much broader selection.â€
Originally posted on May 23, 2007 @ 11:03 am