News From Libro.fm

Digital audiobook gifting is now available from Libro.fm, which has posted a list of frequently asked questions as well as digital assets [4], including fliers, images, and sample social media posts, for booksellers to promote this new option. 

With digital gifting now available, customers can take advantage of a special 50 percent discount on more than 50 audiobook titles [5], which Libro.fm is offering in celebration of Indies First on Small Business Saturday [6]. This offer is available online and in stores on Saturday, November 25, only. Digital assets to promote this special offer [7] are available from Libro.fm.

In addition, Libro.fm has launched a recommendations page [8] that features titles recommended by booksellers. Booksellers are invited to recommend their favorite audiobooks [9] and related audiobooks readers may enjoy, submit a Libro.fm playlist [10], create a 30- to 60-second review of an audiobook and e-mail [email protected] [11] with the link, and contribute to Libro.fm’s new kids’ page [12] by sending recommendations to [email protected] [13].

November 2017 Audiobook Bestsellers

The November 2017 Audiobook Bestseller List [14] is based on sales through more than 300 independent bookstore locations participating in the Libro.fm audiobook program [15] during the month of October.

Fiction

1. Manhattan Beach [16] by Jennifer Egan (Simon & Schuster Audio)
2. Turtles All the Way Down [17] by John Green (Penguin Random House Audio)
3. Little Fires Everywhere [18] by Celeste Ng (Penguin Random House Audio)
4. Lincoln in the Bardo [19] by George Saunders (Penguin Random House Audio)
5. A Gentleman in Moscow [20] by Amor Towles (Penguin Random House Audio)
6. Origin [21] by Dan Brown (Penguin Random House Audio)
7. My Absolute Darling [22] by Gabriel Tallent (Penguin Random House Audio)
8. It [23]by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster Audio)
9. The Hate U Give [24] by Angie Thomas (HarperCollins)
10. Exit West [25] by Mohsin Hamid (Penguin Random House Audio)

Nonfiction

1. What Happened [26] by Hillary Clinton (Simon & Schuster Audio)
2. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate [27] by Al Franken (Hachette Audio)
3. You Are a Badass [28] by Jen Sincero (Tantor Media, Inc.)
4. We Were Eight Years in Power [29] by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Penguin Random House Audio)
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck [30] by Mark Manson (HarperCollins)
6. Coming to My Senses [31]by Alice Waters (Penguin Random House Audio)
7. Born to Run [32] by Bruce Springsteen (Simon & Schuster Audio)
8. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me [33] by Sherman Alexie (Hachette Audio)
9. The Gene [34] by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Simon & Schuster Audio)
10. Theft by Finding [35] by David Sedaris (Hachette Audio)

Libro.fm is fully integrated with IndieCommerce [36], and a co-branded storefront is fast, free, and easy to set up. For more information about creating a storefront, visit Libro.fm’s indie partners page [37] or contact Mark Pearson [38]. Participating booksellers can also join the Libro.fm indie community on Facebook [39].