The challenges in publishing children’s and youth audiobooks
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The increasing world-wide popularity of audiobooks in the last decade has pushed Portuguese publishing houses to invest properly in this format. However, publishing children’s and youth audiobooks appears to be more challenging than other segments, especially because of the high costs and the text adaptation required to guarantee its quality. Given its recent development in Portugal, there are very few studies focused on the audiobook format and the already existent national production. Therefore, this essay seeks to reflect on the most pressing challenges in children’s and youth audiobook publishing through the analysis of LeYa’s publishing group production. It thus proceeds by studying the Portuguese context of audiobook publishing, analysing the audiobook format characteristics and limitations, and distinguishing picture books from illustrated books with the purpose of understanding which characteristics and typologies of children’s and youth literature bring challenges to the audiobook production.
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