Audible ceo Bob Carrigan spoke to David Steinberger on the Open Book podcast, addressing the audiob0ok surge during the pandemic, Audible’s bookless bookstore in NYC, and the role of AI in audiobooks. The pandemic drove the widespread growth of audio, says Carrigan, which was then compounded by return to office. “I don’t really want to talk about positive aspects of a global pandemic because there was really very little about that that I reflect back on with happiness,” he said. “But one of the things did come out of it is that we habituated more of our customers to listening […]
