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The advisory team on: subscription models for audiobooks online
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The advisory team on: subscription models for audiobooks online

ByTeddy McDonald 6 May 20258 May 2025

What should authors expect from audiobook subscription models?

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The SoA responds to the 2024 General Election results
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The SoA responds to the 2024 General Election results

ByMartin Reed 5 July 20245 July 2024

Following the Labour Party’s landslide election victory on Thursday 4 July 2024, we look at some of the challenges ahead and call on the new Government to commit to supporting authors and other creative professionals

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What will the next Government do for authors?
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What will the next Government do for authors?

ByMartin Reed 24 June 20244 July 2024

With the General Election only a week away, we’ve prepared seven questions for you to put to candidates and party campaigners

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Photograph of smartphone showing audiobook player on screen, positioned in front of a stack of hardback books. Photograph © Maksym / Adobe Stock
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SoA urges Findaway Voices by Spotify to clarify new Terms of Use

ByMartin Reed 22 February 202422 February 2024

Revised wording and clarification from Spotify still too broad

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Spotify streaming deal – send a letter to your publisher
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Spotify streaming deal – send a letter to your publisher

ByMartin Reed 2 November 202322 February 2024

The SoA encourages members to ask questions of their publishers regarding audiobooks on Spotify Premium

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Book buying choices that work for everyone
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Book buying choices that work for everyone

ByMartin Reed 18 October 202317 September 2024

We take a look at how different book buying options affect retailers and authors

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SoA demands transparency and action on publishers’ streaming deals with Spotify

ByMartin Reed 10 October 202322 February 2024

The SoA raises concerns about major publishers agreeing streaming deals with Spotify

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Campaign for zero-rate VAT on audiobooks
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Campaign for zero-rate VAT on audiobooks

ByTeddy McDonald 9 June 20239 June 2023

The SoA calls on members to join the campaign to help abolish VAT on audiobooks

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Illustration of book and headphones, representing an audiobook
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MP tables motion for zero-rate VAT on audiobooks

ByJasmine Scott 27 February 202327 February 2023

Sir Mike Penning MP submits an Early Day Motion and asks our members to write to their own MPs about the tax on audiobooks

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