Film-to-audiobook pipeline drives five-hundred-percent audiobook sales surge
Gen Z and Millennial crossover validates screen-to-audio strategy for your backlist.
Original source — goodereader.comhttps://goodereader.com/blog/audiobooks/new-odyssey-movie-is-driving-people-towards-the-audiobook
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