Play and listen to the book

audiobook and the digital (r)evolution of the Brazilian publishing market

Authors

  • Eliane Hatherly Paz UFRJ
  • Marília de Araujo Barcellos Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55738/alaic.v23i47.1195

Keywords:

digital audiobook; digital evolution; audiobook publishing market; listener-readers.

Abstract

Digitization in the publishing world has caused transformations in the practices of creation, production, circulation and consumption of printed works. In this article, we turn our focus to a format that has been changing the way readers consume these works: the audiobook. The focus is on commercial publishers that publish audiobooks as narrations of printed books. In this scenario, what is the role of audiobooks in the digital evolution of the Brazilian publishing market? The methodology included bibliographic research and quantitative references. The result points to the expansion of the narrated content market; however, this is not yet consolidated in the country.

Author Biography

Marília de Araujo Barcellos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Professora Associada do Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação (2011 atual) e
do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal de Santa
Maria /UFSM. Com doutorado em Letras (Estudos de Literatura) pela Pontifícia
Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro |PUC-Rio (2006) e estágio no exterior na
École des Hautes Études em Sciences Sociales |EHESS, Paris. Vice-coordenadora do
GP Produção Editorial (2022- atual) e Pós-doutorado em andamento no PPGCOM na
Escola de Design, Comunicação e artes - FAMECOS, Pontifícia Católica do Rio
Grande do Sul /PUCRS. Integra a "Red Latinoamericana de cultura gráfica" na
Comissão Acadêmica (2024-2025).

Published

02/11/2025

How to Cite

HATHERLY PAZ, E.; BARCELLOS, M. de A. Play and listen to the book: audiobook and the digital (r)evolution of the Brazilian publishing market. Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación, [S. l.], v. 23, n. 47, 2025. DOI: 10.55738/alaic.v23i47.1195. Disponível em: https://revista.pubalaic.org/index.php/alaic/article/view/1195. Acesso em: 22 feb. 2025.