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According to Hachette UK Data Guy’s Bookstat over-guessed a best-selling title’s sales by 2,000 and under-guessed another title by 2,500 sales

Mar 21, 2020 | Ebooks, Global Publishing, Publishing Brief, UK

Reading The Bookseller’s weekly list of bestselling ebooks as provided by Bookstat and by...

Germany’s Bookwire grew sales by 35% in 2019. 140% growth in audio; ebooks up 24%

Mar 23, 2020 | Aggregators, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Ebooks, The global book market
PublishDrive the first US-based aggregator to offer ebooks, audiobook and POD distribution

Mar 24, 2020 | Aggregators, Audiobooks, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Self-Publishing, Uncategorized, USA
3 of the Big 5 vote with their feet as New York fights for survival. BEA shrugs its shoulders

Mar 25, 2020 | Book Fairs, USA
Sweden’s Nextory collects $6 million in new funding for European expansion amid “fantastic growth” in audiobook and ebook subscription

Mar 25, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Sweden, The global book market

The Big 5 are out of Book Expo America but BEA says the show will go on as a New Yorker dies every 6 minutes from the coronavirus. BEA, end this obscene farce now

by Mark Williams | Mar 30, 2020 | Book Fairs, Coronavirus, North America, USA | 0 |

As the week ended Hachette joined Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Penguin...

Sweden’s audiobook subscription service Bokus Play to carry ebooks, launch own e-reader

by Mark Williams | Mar 30, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital subscription, Ebooks, Europe, Global Publishing, Sweden | 0 |

While audiobooks tend to dominate the headlines about digital books streaming, most subscription...

Data Guy’s Bookstat over-guesses UK ebook sales by 14,000 units for 5 of the top 10, say two publishers with the real numbers

by Mark Williams | Mar 27, 2020 | Ebooks, Publishing Controversies, UK | 0 |

Once again the UK’s The Bookseller has reproduced the Bookstat ebook bestsellers top ten...

$120,000 fundraiser for UK booksellers

by Mark Williams | Mar 27, 2020 | bookstores, Retailer News, UK | 0 |

When Gayle Lazda from the London Review Bookshop, Picador commissioning editor Kishani Widyaratna...

UAE’s Sharjah Public Libraries to give 3 months free global access to 6 million digital titles as world locks down

by Mark Williams | Mar 26, 2020 | Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Middle East, Sharjah, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

Details are sparse as this post goes live but Sharjah Public Libraries in the United Arab Emirates...

Industry News Round-Up 26 March 2020

by Mark Williams | Mar 26, 2020 | Australia, Awards, Comics, Coronavirus, Europe, Global Publishing, Ibero-America, North America, Publishing News, The global book market, UK, USA | 0 |

A round-up of key industry news in these challenging times. Apologies if the linked reports for...

Thailand’s Bangkok International Book Fair is live online despite real-life cancellation

by Mark Williams | Mar 26, 2020 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Thailand, The global book market | 0 |

International book fairs fall broadly into two groups: industry-facing and public-facing, although...

Sweden’s Nextory collects $6 million in new funding for European expansion amid “fantastic growth” in audiobook and ebook subscription

by Mark Williams | Mar 25, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

Already in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Nextory CEO Shadi Bitar has...

3 of the Big 5 vote with their feet as New York fights for survival. BEA shrugs its shoulders

by Mark Williams | Mar 25, 2020 | Book Fairs, USA | 0 |

Not here to regurgitate the horrific scenes unfolding in New York, on course to surpass Italy as...

PublishDrive the first US-based aggregator to offer ebooks, audiobook and POD distribution

by Mark Williams | Mar 24, 2020 | Aggregators, Audiobooks, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Self-Publishing, Uncategorized, USA | 0 |

This past week the indie-friendly aggregator PublishDrive became the first in the US to offer...

Germany’s Bookwire grew sales by 35% in 2019. 140% growth in audio; ebooks up 24%

by Mark Williams | Mar 23, 2020 | Aggregators, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Ebooks, The global book market | 0 |

As a digital publishing company Frankfurt-based Bookwire, with offices in Madrid, Mexico City and...

As Brits treat social distancing as a game, UK’s Waterstones opts to close stores nationwide just days after Daunt asked for books to be given special status

by Mark Williams | Mar 22, 2020 | bookstores, Coronavirus, Europe, UK | 0 |

Sometimes it can be embarrassing to be British. First we had Brexit. Then the coronavirus arrived...

According to Hachette UK Data Guy’s Bookstat over-guessed a best-selling title’s sales by 2,000 and under-guessed another title by 2,500 sales

by Mark Williams | Mar 21, 2020 | Ebooks, Global Publishing, Publishing Brief, UK | 0 |

Reading The Bookseller’s weekly list of bestselling ebooks as provided by Bookstat and by...

Morocco’s National Library goes digital as country locked down

by Mark Williams | Mar 21, 2020 | Africa, Digital Libraries, Global Publishing, Libraries, Morocco, The global book market | 0 |

Morocco is among the many countries closing libraries to help contain the Coronavirus threat, and...

“Unprecedented demand” for books at UK’s Waterstones as consumers occupy themselves at home. Has Amazon missed an opportunity?

by Mark Williams | Mar 20, 2020 | bookstores, Europe, UK | 0 |

At first glance the call from Waterstones and Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt that books be...

Book Expo America postponed – but only until July. What planet are they on?

by Mark Williams | Mar 19, 2020 | Book Fairs, Coronavirus, Global Publishing, North America, USA | 1 |

As news came in this evening (GMT) that Book Expo America had postponed the May event it seemed...

Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners to be announced next month despite cancellation of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair

by Mark Williams | Mar 19, 2020 | Abu Dhabi, Awards, Global Publishing, Middle East, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

If we needed proof that the coronavirus crisis will not fade simply because of summer’s warmer...

UK’s Hay Festival cancelled as coronavirus tears up the publishing industry calendar. Book Expo America looks the other way

by Mark Williams | Mar 19, 2020 | Book Fairs, Coronavirus, Global Publishing, The global book market, USA | 0 |

The only surprise with the announcement that the Hay Festival in the UK has been cancelled is that...

Argentina’s Buenos Aires Int. Book Fair postponed. PRH sets the ball rolling for USA’s Book Expo America cancellation

by Mark Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Argentina, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Ibero-America, Latin America, The global book market | 1 |

The announcement that Penguin Random House has pulled out of book Expo America will surprise...

Italy’s Turin Book Fair opts for postponement rather than cancellation

by Mark Williams | Mar 18, 2020 | Book Fairs, Coronavirus, Italy, The global book market | 0 |

No dates selected yet, but the Turin Book Fair, having of course to forget its planned May event,...

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According to Hachette UK Data Guy’s Bookstat over-guessed a best-selling title’s sales by 2,000 and under-guessed another title by 2,500 sales

Germany’s Bookwire grew sales by 35% in 2019. 140% growth in audio; ebooks up 24%

PublishDrive the first US-based aggregator to offer ebooks, audiobook and POD distribution

3 of the Big 5 vote with their feet as New York fights for survival. BEA shrugs its shoulders

Sweden’s Nextory collects $6 million in new funding for European expansion amid “fantastic growth” in audiobook and ebook subscription

The Big 5 are out of Book Expo America but BEA says the show will go on as a New Yorker dies every 6 minutes from the coronavirus. BEA, end this obscene farce now

Sweden’s audiobook subscription service Bokus Play to carry ebooks, launch own e-reader

Data Guy’s Bookstat over-guesses UK ebook sales by 14,000 units for 5 of the top 10, say two publishers with the real numbers

$120,000 fundraiser for UK booksellers

UAE’s Sharjah Public Libraries to give 3 months free global access to 6 million digital titles as world locks down

Industry News Round-Up 26 March 2020

Thailand’s Bangkok International Book Fair is live online despite real-life cancellation

Sweden’s Nextory collects $6 million in new funding for European expansion amid “fantastic growth” in audiobook and ebook subscription

3 of the Big 5 vote with their feet as New York fights for survival. BEA shrugs its shoulders

PublishDrive the first US-based aggregator to offer ebooks, audiobook and POD distribution

Germany’s Bookwire grew sales by 35% in 2019. 140% growth in audio; ebooks up 24%

As Brits treat social distancing as a game, UK’s Waterstones opts to close stores nationwide just days after Daunt asked for books to be given special status

According to Hachette UK Data Guy’s Bookstat over-guessed a best-selling title’s sales by 2,000 and under-guessed another title by 2,500 sales

Morocco’s National Library goes digital as country locked down

“Unprecedented demand” for books at UK’s Waterstones as consumers occupy themselves at home. Has Amazon missed an opportunity?

Book Expo America postponed – but only until July. What planet are they on?

Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners to be announced next month despite cancellation of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair

UK’s Hay Festival cancelled as coronavirus tears up the publishing industry calendar. Book Expo America looks the other way

Argentina’s Buenos Aires Int. Book Fair postponed. PRH sets the ball rolling for USA’s Book Expo America cancellation

Italy’s Turin Book Fair opts for postponement rather than cancellation

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