BBC Audiobooks America Passes the Million-Dollar Mark in Radio Drama Sales

North Kingstown, RI - July 15, 2009 - BBC Audiobooks America, publisher and distributor of unabridged audiobooks and radio dramatizations, is pleased to announce that to date they have surpassed more than $1 million in sales of radio dramatizations to libraries across America.

These BBC Radio dramas are highly acclaimed multi-cast recordings featuring top British talent such as Ian McKellen and Ralph Fiennes. Recent top titles include Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit (recently seen on PBS's Masterpiece Classics series) and Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series (the third volume of which was named the 2006 Audie winner for Best Audiobook of the Year.)

"We're very excited about achieving this goal," said Michele Cobb, Director of Library Marketing. "It's a credit to our dedicated sales team and the high quality of our products, the flexibility of our standing order plans, and the dedicated customer service that we offer."

Titles are available from BBC Audiobooks America on compact disc in packaging specifically for use in libraries. All library titles can be ordered from BBC Audiobooks America via standing order plans and regular orders, available online at www.BBCAudiobooksAmerica.com/Library.

About BBC Audiobooks America
BBC Audiobooks America is a leading publisher of bestselling single-voice and full-cast dramatized audiobooks. BBC Audiobooks America has a library of more than 3,000 audio titles available under its Sound Library, BBC Radio Collection, and Chivers Audio Books institutional imprints and has won multiple Audie Awards, including Audiobook of the Year in 2006, for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase. BBC Audiobooks America distributes product to libraries across North America and to consumers via Perseus Distribution. For more information about BBC Audiobooks America, visit our website: www.BBCAudiobooksAmerica.com.

For more information:
Tara Gelsomino, Editorial Marketing Manager, BBC Audiobooks America
(401) 295-3831, Tara.Gelsomino@BBCAudiobooksAmerica.com