David, a Hood River native received a B.S. in agricultural engineering technology from Oregon State and an MBA from the University of Oregon. He is now involved in consulting and real estate investment. The bookstore chain, which launched its franchising program in 1998, now has more than 110,000 members at 18 stores in Texas, California, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. Earful currently has 31 new stores under contract in areas that also include Florida and New York. Our chain has more than 110,000 active members, thanks to sprawling metropolitan areas like Portland with its linked suburbs, daily traffic problems and throngs of bored commuters.
Customers can renew books by phone, e-mail or store visit.
Nearly 80,000 spoken audio titles are now on publishers' lists. Annual sales exceed 60 million units, and new titles exceed 12,000 annually. The United States has only about 100 audiobooks-only stores.