The Naked Publisher: Beyond the Page, Between the Lines is a global publishing podcast hosted by Brazilian-Swedish publishing expert Carlo Carrenho and Austrian publishing analyst Rüdiger Wischenbart.
Developed as part of the ThinkPub project, the podcast offers candid conversations with leading voices from the fields of books, audio, media, technology and publishing innovation. Each episode explores how publishers think, what drives their decisions, how personal and professional journeys shape the industry, and which ideas are influencing the future of publishing.
Smart, international and provocative, The Naked Publisher goes beyond standard industry narratives to reveal the mindsets, dilemmas and strategies behind today’s rapidly changing publishing landscape.
The podcast is produced with support from Narratix, a global audiobook production company, and is part of ThinkPub’s wider mission to provide European publishers with accessible knowledge, training materials and sector insights.
Episode #1
Colin Hauer: From Live Music to the Audiobook Business
In the first episode, Carlo Carrenho and Rüdiger Wischenbart speak with Colin Hauer, CEO of Hörbuch Hamburg, about the transformation of the global audio business.
The conversation addresses the rise of streaming, the role of AI, discoverability, children’s audio and the future of the audiobook market. Hauer also reflects on his unexpected journey from live music into publishing and explains how audiobooks became, in his words, “everywhere — and invisible”.
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The ThinkPub project is co-financed by the European Union under the Creative Europe programme.
