Audiobook Sales Double in UK

Sales of audiobooks have doubled in the last five years, thanks to the popularity of digital downloads and a host of famous faces signing up to read them, figured from the Publishers Association show.

Statistics gathered by the association show that British readers spent £10million of audiobooks last year, a 25 per cent rise from the amount invested in the genre in 2013.

In 2010, just £4million was spent on audiobooks, leaving publishers fearing readers would turn away from them forever.