Buchmesse Guest of Honour Canada unlikely to attend in-person as for the second year Frankfurt plays dice with the publishing industry
The growing evidence, one and a half years into the Pandemic, is that publishers prosper just fine...
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Category: Canada
Consumers are evolving: Canada’s Indigo will be focusing all its attention on digital investment. A lesson for book retailers everywhere
(CEO Heather Reisman’s digital focus) is in stark contrast to book retailers in other...
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Parallel Paths: Kobo Plus Canada subscription service marks first year, confirms imminent Portugal launch as ViacomCBS tops 42 million global subscribers
The bigger picture here is the slow but inexorable spread of the subscription model across the...
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There’s a new kid on the digital books retail and subscription streaming block, but can Legible live up to its own hype?
True global accessibility demands that the books are available where the consumers are and...
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Another nail in Screen Fatigue’s coffin as OverDrive clocks 430 million digital downloads in 2020
Print of course remains king, although bricks & mortar booksellers face existential challenges...
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Is a $500 million Wattpad sale imminent?
While Wattpad isn’t currently run as a commercial enterprise the potential, and the global...
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PRH Canada devolves RH and Knopf in move that weakens the argument against the Penguin Random House acquisition of Simon & Schuster
The move is not related to the Simon & Schuster buyout, and was initially planned for the...
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Start The Day Global: Bangladesh, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Malaysia and Thailand
Whimsical publishing stories from around the world. Today five post excerpts from Thailand,...
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Canada’s De Marque raises $5 million as a 35% lockdown ebook boom becomes a 25%-30% sustained increase
It’s not clear if Blouin’s “notably the United States” is a reference simply to the size of the US...
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“The time is right for subscription.” Kobo launches unlimited digital books streaming service in Canada
Rakuten Kobo has been successfully streaming digital books through its Kobo Plus subscription...
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Canada’s publishers face deluge of returns as bookstores re-open after eight weeks lockdown and a 63% drop in sales
Canada’s book publishing trade association Booknet is warning that as bookstores open their doors...
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Kobo Plus subscription service prepares launches in France and Canada
Hat tip to The Digital Reader for kicking off this story. Yesterday Nate Hoffelder ran an item...
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