Listen to audiobooks and get coins and luxurious prizes! “Autumn Reading Support Campaign 2025”
Otobank Co., Ltd. Press release: October 22, 2025 To the Press Listen to audiobooks and win coins and great prizes! “Autumn Reading Support Campaign 2025” is being held Starting October 22nd! Enjoy reading with your ears this autumn! Otobank Inc. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yuya Kubota; hereinafter “Otobank”), operator of “audiobook.jp,” the website with the largest selection of audiobooks (※1), will be holding the “Autumn Reading Support Campaign” from Wednesday, October 22, 2025 to Sunday, November 16, 2025. Participants will receive up to 1,000 coins to use in the audiobook.jp app depending on the number of days they play eligible titles during the campaign period. They will also be entered into a lottery to win luxurious prizes, including an autographed autograph card from Yusei Kikuchi, a pitcher for Major League Baseball (MLB) and an ambassador for audiobook.jp. *1. Survey conducted by the Japan Marketing Research Organization in November 2023. Survey of the number of Japanese audiobook titles.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/34798/559/34798-559-89f5f0996089d1726f25938222558ff2-1582×828.png Image of autographed autograph card by MLB pitcher Yusei Kikuchi [Prize B] QUO Card Pay, worth 500 yen (50 winners) This is a digital gift card that can be used simply by tapping the QUO Card Pay URL sent to you. *2. Completion of 80% or more of each book is considered. *3. Winners will be announced upon shipping of the prize. ＜Event Period＞ Wednesday, October 22nd – Sunday, November 16th ＜Campaign website＞ https://special.audiobook.jp/dokusyo2025 The campaign covers 50 works in each of five genres: business, self-improvement, literature, practical, and culture, for a total of 250 works. Eligible works will be added throughout the campaign period, so please check the special website. On the special website, you can also search for works across genres using work tags. You can also listen to the work from within the app by tapping the icon below.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/34798/559/34798-559-1c5bf57d5b59c06c82d4a817c0c156d9-960×540.jpg ■Comment from the Campaign Planner (Haga, CRM Manager, audiobook.jp) Autumn is here, the season for reading! With temperatures becoming quite comfortable, many people are eager to try new things, not just reading. One of the attractions of audiobook.jp’s unlimited listening plan is that it allows you to easily try out books in genres that you might not normally be able to reach for. We hope you’ll choose it to keep by your ears, whether it’s in your spare time, on a walk, or as a companion for your daily chores. Through this campaign, we hope you’ll spend a wonderful autumn discovering a variety of books. ■What is an audiobook?
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/34798/559/34798-559-1557c330721f4b18ce4c7a998b480bea-650×434.png Audiobooks are books that you listen to, where a narrator or voice actor reads the book aloud. Because audiobooks can be enjoyed using only your ears, they’re ideal for people who have difficulty reading, as well as those who enjoy reading while running, commuting by train or car, or doing housework. In recent years, the popularity of smartphones and wireless earphones has rapidly improved the
accessibility of audio content, and the introduction of subscription plans that allow unlimited listening to a variety of titles for a fixed fee has led to a rapid increase in the number of audiobook users. Audiobooks are now becoming the third type of book, following print and e-books. [Reference] Learn about audiobook production and recommended titles! “Easy to Understand! Audiobook”
https://bit.ly/3Xg8mFJ ■audiobook.jp (Audio Book JP)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/34798/559/34798-559-ab53ff393f2feba678918cd8808a1b5c-1448×276.jpg Operated by Otobank, Inc., this is one of Japan’s largest audiobook distribution services. This service launched in March 2018, following a revamp of “FeBe,” which began distribution in 2007. We aim to expand our platform to popularize the audiobook category. The number of members is expected to exceed 3 million in February 2024.
https://audiobook.jp/ [Service Overview] – Service Name:
“audiobook.jp” – Site URL: https://audiobook.jp/ ・App Store page: https://app.audiobook.jp/ios ・Google Play page:
https://app.audiobook.jp/android ・Price structure: The unlimited listening plan costs 1,330 yen (tax included) per month. You can use it free for the first two weeks after signing up. Individual titles can be purchased individually. (*Mostly distributed at roughly the same price range as hardcover books (1,200 to 1,500 yen).) ■Otobank Inc. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yuya Kubota)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/34798/559/34798-559-727c089681d6a4fd7cbb8072f4cfd29d-650×280.jpg We are one of Japan’s largest audiobook companies, focusing on audio content and striving to “create a culture of listening,” “make the visually impaired accessible,” and “promote publishing culture.” We partner with over 500 publishers and our primary business includes audiobook sales on “audiobook.jp,” Japan’s largest audiobook distribution service, as well as book promotion through the online book guide “Shinkan JP” (https://sinkan.jp/ ).
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