Reading Audio Readers

Book Consumption in the Streaming Age

Karl Berglund (Uppsala University, Sweden)

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Bloomsbury Academic
08 February 2024

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Sociology: sport & leisure; Media, information & communication industries

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures

The first computational study of reading to focus on audiobooks, this book uses a unique and substantial set of reader consumption data to show how audiobooks and digital streaming platforms affect our literary culture. Offering an academic perspective on the kind of user data hoard we associate with tech companies, it asks: when it comes to audiobooks, what do people really read, and how and when do they read it?

Tracking hundreds of thousands of readers on the level per user and hour, Reading Audio Readers combines computational methods from cultural analytics with theoretical perspectives from book history, publishing studies, and media studies. In doing so, it provides new insights into reading practices in digital platforms, the effects of the audiobook boom, and the business-models for book publishing and distribution in the age of streamed audio.

By: Karl Berglund (Uppsala University Sweden)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350358362
ISBN 10: 1350358363
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 08 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karl Berglund is Assistant Professor of Literature at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Reviews for Reading Audio Readers: Book Consumption in the Streaming Age

Berglund has managed to gain access to the kind of industry data other researchers only dream about. His study of audiobook listeners and subscription streaming in Sweden explodes some of our most deeply entrenched assumptions about how, when, and what people read. * James English, John Welsh Centennial Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, USA *