Breaking down barriers to developing audiobooks
Audiobooks also bring interesting experiences for readers and visitors during this week
of activities to celebrate Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day this time. The “World
Wall of Sound” presents the content of the work through vivid images when listening to
audio books. In addition, the voice reading is one of the factors that make up the
attractiveness and attraction of an audiobook work. Therefore, within the framework of
this activity, readers and visitors can interact with famous voices and experience free audio
books with Voiz FM.
However, developing a community reading culture with audiobooks will also require
many challenges. Before the opening ceremony of the 1st Vietnam Book and Reading
Culture Day, a small-scale talk show with the theme "Voice books and the development of
community reading culture" was held, with the participation of Mr. Nguyen, Director of
the Department of Publication, Printing and Distribution; Mr. Tran Dai Chinh, Chairman
of the Association of Libraries in the Southeast region and Mr. Le Hoang Thach, Executive
Director of Voicebook application Voiz FM. Speakers participating in the discussion.
(From left to right: Mr. Nguyen Nguyen, Mr. Tran Dai Chinh and Mr. Le Hoang Thach).
At this talk show, Mr. Nguyen Nguyen said that there are still many barriers to
developing audiobooks. The production team is not strong enough. Legal corridor,
especially the issue of copyright protection, procedures. Finally, there is the issue of
investment, without technology investment, there can be no innovation, and human
resources are limited. Therefore, the first important issue is to change awareness, starting
with young people who are passionate and love books.
Next is human resource development to change the face today. Mr. Nguyen assessed:
“In Vietnam, 21% of the population reads books (equivalent to 21 million people), but if
you look at the other side, this is a potential market and needs further development. Because
there is a market of nearly 80 million people that is not served if we can, we need to turn.