Audible Launches Dedicated Canadian Site

Canadian Edition

AMAZON's AUDIBLE has launched AUDIBLE.CA, a dedicated Canadian version of its audiobook and original audio content-on-demand service.  The Canadian version will offer over 300,000 audiobooks and titles at launch; a special edition of MARGARET ATWOOD's "The Handmaid's Tale" read bu CLAIRE DANES and CATHERINE LEROUX's "Le Mur Mitoyen" will be available to all Canadians free for one month to celebrate the launch.

"Honoring CANADA's distinctive literary and theatrical tradition and supporting the creation of rich local content, AUDIBLE.CA is a dedicated, authentic, and vibrant multi-language destination for English- and French-speaking Canadian consumers that puts Canadian talent and spoken-word content front and center," said Founder and CEO DON KATZ. "Millions of listeners around the world already turn to AUDIBLE to enhance the character and quality of daily life, and we look forward to delivering an even richer and more culturally resonant listening experience to our Canadian customers and customers to come.

"AUDIBLE has earmarked $12M CAD over the next three years to invest in Canadian writers and voices."

AUDIBLE will also become the exclusive audiobook sponsor of the SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE this year, and launched the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) in JUNE, giving individual authors and publishers the opportunity to work with professional actors and producers to create audiobooks.

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