![]() ![]() Their first release - a collection of poems by Dylan Thomas - was narrated by the author. ![]() In 1952, Caedmon Records became the first company dedicated to selling spoken word records to the public, according to NPR. Talking books first emerged in 1932 when the American Foundation for the Blind began creating books on vinyl records for war-blinded soldiers and blind civilians who couldn’t read braille. “Such books would be listened to where now none are read.” Edison likely couldn’t have predicted how popular the medium would become: Deloitte predicts the global audiobook market will grow to $3.5 billion in 2020 (a 25 percent increase) - that’s on top of APA’s record growth claims. “The advantages of such books over those printed are too readily seen to need mention,” he wrote in the North American View. Shopping The most purchased books we covered this holiday season How do audiobooks work: a brief historyĪfter Thomas Edison created the first spoken word phonograph record in 1877, he predicted technology might one day allow books to be listened to “with great profit and amusement by the lady or gentleman whose eyes and hands may be otherwise employed.”
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