A recent study reveals that authors receive minimal financial compensation from the audiobook market, despite the industry generating approximately 50 million euros in annual revenue. The findings indicate that current royalty structures result in payments of only a few cents per unit for creators.
This disparity highlights a significant gap between the total market turnover and the earnings distributed to writers. The research characterizes these compensation levels as both scarce and inadequate, raising questions about the economic sustainability of audiobook production for authors.
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