Amazon is closing Westland, the Indian publishing company it acquired in 2016. What will happen to its catalogue and authors?
Amazon’s latest triumph of hope over experience comes to an end with the slow realisation that the...
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AAP reports October ebook REVENUE worth $84 million. For the same month Kindle Unlimited paid out $39.8 million in ROYALTIES. Just how big is the real ebook market no-one wants to talk about?
Per the AAP, tracked ebook sales REVENUE from January through October 2021 amounted to $892.5...
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Amazon Prime launches in Sweden but books are still not on the agenda, almost 7 years after the last Kindle store
We shouldn’t be surprised. Sweden is the digital books capital of the world, on a per capita...
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Amazon buys IP treasure trove. Gets MGM film studio and place in Hollywood history into the bargain
We can be certain the team at Amazon Publishing and Audible will be salivating at the prospect of...
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Amazon finally enters the online reading field, but Kindle Vella looks to be a half-hearted effort rushed out to be a spoiler for China Lit’s North America push
Safe to say a lucky few authors will do very well from Kindle Vella, and Amazon will make a big...
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It’s been 6 years since Amazon last launched a Kindle store. Today Amazon launches in Sweden – without a Kindle store
Amazon: “Our goal is to have every book, ever published, in any language available for Kindle...
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The dam has been breached! Amazon’s Audible launches an unlimited audiobook subscription service in Spain. How long now before Audible rolls out the model in the US?
As and when Amazon decides that Audible shall become an unlimited audiobook subscription service...
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Amazon Sweden launch now imminent, but what part will books play?
Amazon has been talking with publishers in Sweden, but the absence of any serious rumours, let...
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Amazon finally sounding out publishers as Amazon Sweden venture readies
We’ve known for some while now that Amazon has been considering a Nordic launch, with...
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Amazon’s Audible France used by almost 20% of population in 2019. Mostly women and mostly at home
While many countries report commuters as the mainstay of their audiobook consumption, in France it...
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As the new normal for publishing evolves, Penguin Random House India opens an exclusive ebook store – on Amazon. A smart move in a country of 560 million internet users
When India’s Prime Minister extended one of the world’s harshest national lockdowns to May 3, as...
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Will the Amazon Netherlands launch this week boost Dutch book and ebook sales?
For publishers and authors outside the Netherlands it may come as a surprise to learn that Amazon...
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