
Further, Tantor has offered 70 romance titles to date in 2012. However, in 2011 Tantor hit the romance audio market with a huge splash, offering 59 romance releases over its 8 in 2010. Prior to 2011, Tantor offered a total of 20 romance audiobooks.

Tantor has come on strong in romance offerings in just the past two years. But since we’re discussing the move in the romance audio industry over the past few years, I feel the Audible numbers are adequate for this discussion. I’m aware that there are audiobooks from years ago in audio cassette or CD format that have yet to hit the digital download market. Here’s to giving a shout-out to those publishers who are doing a particularly fine job of it.īefore we start, I’ll add a disclaimer – I’m using numbers from Audible. You know, those publishers who take the time to choose quality narrators for their titles as well as discover those authors that make romance listeners sit up and take notice.

As one of those enthusiasts and a fan of romance, I pay close attention to those audio publishers who historically have offered a significant selection of romance audio and continue to do so. As a result, the number of romance releases increased sharply and the selection only gets better with each passing month.

If you’ve been an audiobook enthusiast for long, you know that the industry exploded with the availability of digital downloads.
