Category: Audible
US audiobook consumption in 2020 rose 12% rise. How much more if unlimited subscription was an option?
One wonders just how many of the publishing industry’s decision makers that willfully object to...
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Storytel’s partnership with Spotify unlocks a back door to the Holy Grail that is the US audiobook market
Unlimited digital books subscription in the US and other mature English-language markets is not a...
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Storytel India starts its fourth year by adding 9th language, Malayalam, to its India content portfolio
For now at least Storytel would appear to have the upper hand in the India audiobook market, while...
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Mark Williams At Large: Perspectives on the Publishing Week
As the pandemic enters its second wave, Big 5 publisher Macmillan starts hiring again, raises its...
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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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Spotify’s move into audiobooks is a seismic shift in the publishing landscape, but the ripples will take time to be felt
Can Spotify dominate the audiobook scene in the same way it has music? No is the simple answer....
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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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US audiobook market value up 16% to $1.2bn in 2019. Unit sales also up 16%. But how much does the delivery model hold back the format?
Touting the fact that the US audiobook market had seen double-digit growth for the eighth...
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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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Judge rejects Audible’s and publishers’ request to keep Captions settlement secret
Per previous commentary on this topic, the US lawsuit between Amazon-owned Audible and a group of...
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Amazon’s Audible “prohibited from creating, generating, reproducing, modifying, distributing, publishing, or displaying” captions without publisher agreement
While this is a US story and not one that would normally be within the remit of TNPS to cover, the...
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The TNPS Week In Review: January 12-18
For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...
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