[5]Audiobook Bestsellers for March

The March 2018 Audiobook Bestseller List [5] is based on sales through hundreds of independent bookstore locations participating in the Libro.fm audiobook program [6] during the month of February. Graphics to promote the March Audiobook Bestseller list are available from Libro.fm on Google Drive [7].

Fiction

1. The Woman in the Window [8] by A.J. Finn (HarperCollins)
2. Pachinko [9] by Min Jin Lee (Hachette Audio)
3. The Immortalists [10] by Chloe Benjamin (Penguin Random House Audio)
4. Little Fires Everywhere [11] by Celeste Ng (Penguin Random House Audio)
5. A Wrinkle in Time [12] by Madeleine L’Engle (Penguin Random House Audio)
6. An American Marriage [13] by Tayari Jones (HighBridge/Recorded Books/Algonquin Books)
7. Lincoln in the Bardo [14] by George Saunders (Penguin Random House Audio)
8. The Great Alone [15] by Kristin Hannah (Macmillan Audio)
9. The Hate U Give [16] by Angie Thomas (HarperCollins)
10. Sing, Unburied, Sing [17] by Jesmyn Ward (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Nonfiction

1. The Line Becomes a River [18] by Francisco Cantú (Penguin Random House Audio)
2. Sapiens [19] by Yuval Noah Harari (HarperCollins)
3. Hillbilly Elegy [20] by J.D. Vance (HarperCollins)
4. Just Mercy [21] by Bryan Stevenson (Penguin Random House Audio)
5. The Long Haul [22] by Finn Murphy (HighBridge/Recorded Books/W.W. Norton)
6. Alexander Hamilton [23] by Ron Chernow (Penguin Random House Audio)
7. Killers of the Flower Moon [24] by David Grann (Penguin Random House Audio)
8. Norse Mythology [25] by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
9. Hunger [26] by Roxane Gay (HarperCollins)
10. Never Split the Difference [27] by Chris Voss & Tahl Raz (HarperCollins)

March ALCs Available

The March list of Audiobook Listening Copies [28] (ALCs) is now available to booksellers. Booksellers who are not registered with Libro.fm can access the ALCs by creating a free Libro.fm account and sending an e-mail to [email protected] [29] with the name of their store.

Recording Bookstore Events as Audiobooks

Libro.fm is working with bookstores to record and publish author events as audiobooks. Here are two examples:

• Bart Ehrman, author of The Triumph of Christianity, at Quail Ridge Books [30]
• John Medina, author of Brain Rules for Aging Well, at Third Place Books [31]

Booksellers that would like to record an event as an audiobook can e-mail [email protected] [29].

Libro.fm Audiobook Referral Program Debuts

On March 1, Libro.fm announced its audiobook referral program, which encourages customers to spread the word to friends and family and be rewarded with free audiobooks. Anyone referred will automatically be connected to the referring person’s store once they sign up for a membership. Customers can refer a friend on the Libro.fm referral page [32] and learn more about the program on the Libro.fm blog [33]. Assets to promote the referral program are available on Google Drive [34].

Libro.fm is fully integrated with IndieCommerce [35], 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 [6] or contact Mark Pearson [36].