Pratilipi to recreate successful literary content into audiobooks for Audible
Team L&M
Audio storytelling platform Audible and digital storytelling platform Pratilipi have entered into an 18-month agreement, under which Pratilipi will be adapting its literary bestsellers into audiobooks and audio shows that will be exclusively available on the Audible service. Pratilipi will be developing over 300 hours of immersive content across a variety of genres such as romance, horror, thriller and mystery.
Pratilipi will adapt several bestselling and immensely popular titles from their catalog such as Siyah, Benpanah Ishq, Kothewaali that have collectively been read by over a million people, in addition to four marquee shows featuring some of India’s most celebrated personalities.
Says Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Co-Founder & CEO, Pratilipi, “Access to good stories irrespective of language, geography and format has always been the central driving force at Pratilipi. We have witnessed the enormous potential of our homegrown authors to create international best sellers that can reach a wider audience through multiple formats.”
Adds Shailesh Sawlani, VP and Country GM, Audible India, “At Audible, we continue to offer our listeners a compelling and incredible variety of stories to choose from.”