Parent company Recorded Books Official website www.tantor.com Parent organization Recorded Books | Publication types Audiobooks, Books Founded 2000 | |
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Headquarters location Old Saybrook, Connecticut Founders Allen Colebank, Kevin Colebank, Laura Colebank Profiles | ||
Tantor Media is an independent publisher of unabridged fiction and nonfiction audiobooks. It is located in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Tantor Audio include notable titles, such as National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and Pulitzer Prize winners and numerous New York Times Best Sellers. Tantor offers its audiobook titles as both physical discs and as downloads for the retail and library markets; Tantor's print and ebook line launched in 2012. In January 2015, Tantor was sold to Recorded Books but would continue to operate with its own imprint and offices.
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History
2000: Tantor Media was founded by brothers Kevin and Allen Colebank and Kevin’s wife, Laura, above a San Clemente, California garage. Tantor is Tarzan's elephant friend in Edgar Rice Burroughs' book Tarzan of the Apes, the first audiobook the company published.
2003: Tantor begins to license exclusive rights from publishers.
2004: Tantor relocates to Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
2007: Tantor experiences a sales growth of 628% since 2005 and its staff expands from 15 to 50 employees.
2008: Tantor introduces their Audio&eBook classics line, which includes an ebook in PDF format with all classic audiobooks. The PDF allows the listener to search the text for reference or read along with the audio.
2009: Tantor Media begins publishing as Tantor Audio.
2010: Tantor Media launches Tantor Studios, which will offer full audio production and distribution services for publishers and authors.
2012: Tantor Media begins publishing print and ebooks.
2013: Behind the Candelabra makes the New York Times Best Seller list.
2014: Recorded Books acquires Tantor Media.
Awards
Audie Awards
Winners
2006: Richard K. Morgan's Market Forces, Narrated by Simon Vance
2007: Patricia McConnell's For the Love of a Dog, Narrated by Ellen Archer
2009: Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, Narrated by Simon Vance
2010: Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman's Tears in the Darkness, Narrated by Michael Prichard
Christian Moerk's Darling Jim, Narrated by Stephen Hoye and Justine Eyre
2011: Robert Hellenga's Snakewoman of Little Egypt, Narrated by Coleen Marlo
2012: Mark Logue and Peter Conradi's The King's Speech, Narrated by Simon Vance
Charles Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Narrated by Simon Vance
2013: Kent Hartman's The Wrecking Crew, Narrated by Dan John Miller
Sara Tuvel Bernstein, with Louise Loots Thornton, and Marlene Berstein Samuels' The Seamstress, Narrated by Wanda McCaddon
Benjamin Hoff's The Tao of Pooh, Narrated by Simon Vance
Florence William's Breasts, Narrated by Kate Reading
2014: Anthony Lawrence with Graham Spence's The Elephant Whisperer, Narrated by Simon Vance
Jen Sincero's You Are a Badass, Narrated by Jen Sincero