Our featured audio book publishers

Talking-Book-Store.com is licensed to publish 1000’s of titles from the world's leading audio book publishing companies.These include Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster, BBC, Time Warner, NAXOS, Hodder & Stoughton, Blackstone Audio Inc and many more).
Below we have included a list and brief description for those interested in reading more about these renowned publishers.


Harper Collins US

Harper Collins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers with headquarters in New York. The company is a subsidiary of News Corporation. The house of Mark Twain, the Brontë sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, and Margaret Wise Brown, HarperCollins was founded in New York City in 1817 by the brothers James and John Harper. In 1987, Harper & Row was acquired by News Corporation. The worldwide book group was formed following News Corporation's 1990 acquisition of the British publisher William Collins & Sons. Founded in 1819, William Collins & Sons published a range of Bibles, atlases, dictionaries, and reissued classics, expanding over the years to include legendary authors such as H. G. Wells, Agatha Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis. HarperCollins has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia/New Zealand, and India.


Harper Collins UK

Harper Collins UK is one of the top book publishing groups in the United Kingdom. It publishes a wider range of books than any other publisher, from cutting-edge contemporary fiction, to block-busting thrillers, from fantasy literature and children’s stories to enduring classics. It also publishes an impressive selection of non-fiction titles, including history, celebrity memoirs, biographies, popular science, plus mind, body and spirit, dictionaries, maps, reference titles and education books.


Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, Inc. is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, providing consumers worldwide with a diverse range of quality books across a wide variety of genres and printed and digital formats. It is the publishing operation of CBS Corporation, one of the world’s premier media companies.


BBC Audiobooks Ltd

BBC Audiobooks is the new name for the BBC’s spoken word audio products, it brings together our exciting and diverse range of audio imprints, including BBC Radio Collection, BBC Cover to Cover children’s titles, BBC Word for Word and Cover to Cover, as well as the Chivers Press range of audio and large print especially for libraries. Spoken word can be enjoyed anywhere -in the car, going for a walk, doing housework...It is a world of unique entertainment where classic drama, modern fiction, comedy and poetry will enthrall and delight. Become embroiled in an Agatha Christie murder mystery, or pit your wits against the panellists of 'I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue' and enjoy the magic of BBC Radio Collection


Blackstone Audio Inc

Established in 1987, Blackstone Audio of Ashland, Oregon is one of the largest independent audio producers in the country. The Blackstone catalog includes the hottest new titles with bestselling fiction, history, mysteries, movie tie-ins, science fiction, children's literature, classics and more read by award-winning narrators.


Hachette Audio


Hachette Book Group USA (HBG) was created when Hachette Livre, a French publishing company, acquired Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner in 2006.


Naxos Audio Books

Naxos Audiobooks has plays of Shakespeare to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ever-popular hero Sherlock Holmes; from Sophocles, Dante, Dickens, and James Joyce to children's favorites, Naxos AudioBooks offers a selection of over 250 titles from the world's greatest literature for adults and younger listeners. Each selection is presented in the distinctive Naxos style--digitally-recorded, enhanced with classical music and entertaining sound effects, and affordably priced.


Brilliance Audio Inc

Brilliance Audio, Inc, is the largest independent audiobook publisher in the United States. The company, founded by its current President and Publisher R. Michael Snodgrass in 1984, began with a mission to provide a quality listening experience at an affordable price, and continues that philosophy today.