Audible Launches New Service for Brazil
Audible and Amazon Serviços de Varejo do Brasil Ltda today introduced a localized service created exclusively for Brazilian listeners. Subscribers can access an unlimited catalog of more than 100,000 global audiobooks, including nearly 4,000 Portuguese titles, for R$19.90 per month, with the option to purchase any of the additional 500,000 titles at a 30 percent discount. Many of the Portuguese titles have never been available in audio before. Audible offers a 30-day free trial period for new users and three months free for Amazon Prime subscribers.
Brazilians who want to be more productive, better informed, and thoughtfully entertained can now relax at home, commute to work, walk the dog, or complete household tasks while filling their ears with immersive stories and enriching information. According to the Audible Compass 2023, developed by market research group Kantar and sponsored by Audible, ninety percent of Brazilians report having listened to audio storytelling via podcast or audiobooks. With Audible, even more Brazilians will gain access to memorable stories created and performed by talented authors and actors around the world and download them to listen at any time. The next generation of students can also prep for local college testing with nuanced audiobook performances of classic stories they need to read.
“We are thrilled to bring Audible to Brazil, and for the opportunity to support and augment Brazil’s rich literary and storytelling tradition,” said Bob Carrigan, CEO of Audible. “Millions of listeners around the world consider Audible to be an integral part of their everyday life, and we’ve worked with Brazilian talent to make sure the service and local content is reflective of the exceptional experience that has transformed the way so many people around the world now consume books.”
Working with leading Brazilian publishers including Companhia das Letras, Grupo Record, HarperCollins Brasil, Intrínseca, and Sextante, among others, Audible Brazil offers an unparalleled catalog of audiobooks, including self-development, fiction, mystery and thrillers, science-fiction and fantasy, memoirs, dramas, and comedies.
Most of the titles available in Portuguese were produced with, written and performed by some of the most prominent actors, narrators, and authors in Brazil, including:
- 1984, narrated by Otávio Muller
- Alice in Wonderland, narrated by Gabz
- Anne of Green Gables, narrated by Nathália Dill
- A Room of One’s Own, narrated by Clarice Falcão
- Dom Casmurro, narrated by Marcos Palmeira
- Dracula, narrated by Fabricio Boliveira
- Eternal Longing, narrated by Tabata Contri
- Pride and Prejudice, narrated by Denise Fraga
- Mating in Captivity, narrated by Maria Ribeiro
- Nerd, written and narrated by Erico Borgo
- The Athenaeum, narrated by Eduardo Moscovis
- The Great Gatsby, narrated by Tarso Brant
- The Primitive Daughter, written by Vanessa Passos
- The Tenement, narrated by Maitê Proença
- Wuthering Heights, narrated by Bianca Bin
The Audible Brazil catalog includes works from recognized Brazilian authors such as Ana Claudia Quintana Arantes, Augusto Cury, Carla Madeira, Djamila Ribeiro, Itamar Vieira Jr, Laurentino Gomes, and Rita Lee. Global audiobook best-sellers available on Audible Brazil include the ‘Harry Potter” series performed by Ícaro Silva, the Lord of the Rings trilogy narrated by Mauro Ramos, and audiobooks from authors including Colleen Hoover, Jane Austen, Jenna Evans Welch, T. Harv Eker, and more.
“We’re excited for Brazilians across the country to gain access to outstanding listening experiences created by talent both local and from around the world. We are committed to producing high-quality content for our service and have already onboarded thirteen new partner studios, worked with over 500 narrators, and produced more than 1,500 audiobooks that include up to 14,000 hours of content,” said Adriana Alcântara, Audible Country Manager for Brazil. “Audible is just getting started in Brazil and we look forward to collaborating with some of Brazil’s biggest names and emerging talent to continue adding to our catalog of the stories Brazilians want to hear.”
Audible has built a media category over more than 25 years and has changed the way millions of people around the world consume books. On average, Audible listeners download nearly 20 audiobooks a year. According to the Audible Compass 2023 survey, eighty-one percent of Brazilians believe that audiobooks can help them cut down on screen time. Fifty-one percent of Brazilians surveyed listen to stories to relax, twenty-seven percent while housekeeping, and another twenty-seven percent when cooking, according to the same study. Ninety-five percent of Brazilians surveyed believe they can consume more books through listening to audiobooks.
Audible content can be downloaded to listen to at any time and played on virtually all smart devices. You can ask Alexa, Amazon's virtual assistant, to read titles downloaded from your library. The Audible service is offered in Brazil by Amazon Serviços de Varejo do Brasil Ltda.
