BBC Audiobooks jumping across the pond

BBC Audiobooks is apparently releasing its list in the US for general trade consumption. The booming audiobook market has caused the BBC to expand its audiobook efforts in the US - currently limited to library deals - and sell direct to consumer. GalleyCat has more:

[T]he Beeb has been providing audiobooks to American libraries for a while now, but the release of a "BBC Audio" edition of Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist this month marks their entrance into the U.S. trade market, with distribution provided by Perseus.