Chirp (service)

{{Short description|Book discovery service}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Chirp

| logo = Chirp Book Logo.png

| company_type = Private

| founded = 2019

| industry = {{Unbulleted list|Publishing|Audiobooks}}

| url = https://www.chirpbooks.com

}}

Chirp is a U.S. based audiobook retail service.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/audiobook-sale-chirp-offers-slashed-prices-on-popular-titles/|title=Audiobook sale: Chirp offers slashed prices on popular titles|first=Rick|last=Broida|website=CNET}} It allows users to and stream audiobooks directly from the website or in the app, and is an a la carte retailer, not a subscription based model.{{Cite web|date=2019-03-05|title=Bookbub Branches Out, Now Offers Audiobook Deals in Partnership with Findaway|url=https://the-digital-reader.com/2019/03/05/bookbub-branches-out-now-offers-audiobook-deals-in-partnership-with-findaway/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=The Digital Reader|language=en-US}} The company does not rely on monthly subscriptions and provides discounted prices to its users.{{Cite web|url=https://bookriot.com/chirp-audiobooks-review/|title=Chirp Audiobooks Review: Does Chirp Change the Audiobook Game?|first=Emily|last=Martin|date=November 13, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://seattlerefined.com/lifestyle/i-tried-chirp-because-supposedly-its-the-best-new-audiobook-provider-and-spoiler-alert|title=I Tried Chirp Because Supposedly It's the Best, New Audiobook Provider|date=November 2, 2019|website=Seattle Refined}}

As of May 2021, Chirp is available in the United States and Canada. Chirp audiobooks can be accessed via the Chirp app and can be used on Android or iOS.

Chirp's parent company, Pubmark Inc., is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

History

Chirp was launched in 2019, and is owned and operated by the founders of BookBub, an online book discovery service.{{Cite web|title=BookBub Enters Audiobook Space with Chirp|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=2207|access-date=2021-09-09|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-03-05|title=Discount ebook deals mailing list BookBub finally adds audiobooks. Launches Chirp in partnership with Findaway|url=https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2019/03/05/discount-ebook-deals-mailing-list-bookbub-finally-adds-audiobooks-launches-chirp-partnership-findaway/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=The New Publishing Standard|language=en-US}} Although Chirp was launched more recently, BookBub and its parent company Pubmark Inc. have been around since 2012, when it was founded by Josh Schanker and Nicholas Ciarelli. Built in Boston named BookBub and Chirp one of its 21 Boston companies to watch in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81874-bookbub-and-an-age-old-question-what-to-read-next.html|title=BookBub and an Age-Old Question: What to Read Next?|website=PublishersWeekly.com}}{{Cite web|last=Packer|first=Roger|date=2019-10-17|title=Chirpy chirpy cheap cheap! BookBub is moving into audiobook discount deals|url=https://rogerpacker.com/chirpy-chirpy-cheap-cheap-bookbub-is-moving-into-audiobook-discount-deals/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Roger Packer|language=en-US}}

References

{{reflist}}