Sault-based ListenerU writes new chapter in audiobook publishing

Sault-based ListenerU has launched its updated mobile app along with the introduction of audiobook publishing services. 

“We are trying to have something new, innovative, and financially rewarding for all creators on the ListenerU platform, which will allow our listeners to have the best experience”, says company founder Brent Rouble in a news release.

The company's vision extends to making northern Ontario a hub for audio learning and audiobooks, enriching the Canadian audiobook landscape and contributing to the globally expanding markets, the release added.

The updated ListenerU mobile app consists of a library of over 15,000 audiobooks and more than 30 audiobook-based certificate courses, serving as a hub for authors, narrators, publishers, listeners, and learners, the release added. ListenerU seeks professionals and creators to create and sell their original audio learning content and audiobooks. The unique platform proposes industry-leading royalties for exclusive authors, fostering the creation of new content and reviving previously published works. 

The app launch is further underscored by the release of the inaugural ListenerU published audiobook, How to Lead a Thriving School, written by local educator, Marg Dodds. This audiobook, recorded and edited at The Loft by award-winning music producer and Treble Charger frontman Greig Nori, and intern Brandon Ruch, is available exclusively on the ListenerU app. This collaborative venture underscores ListenerU's commitment to empowering Canadian authors, creators, and subject matter experts, offering a cost-effective, accessible platform for audiobook and audio learning course production, distribution, and marketing. 

The company is also set to launch a publisher membership program which promises a new way for publishers to sell audiobooks for more profit, marking a new chapter in the audiobook publishing industry, the release says.