Is Storytel forecasting a $30 billion audio market by 2030?
Enter, stage right, Liza Vasileva, Storytel manager for Bulgaria, who...
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Category: Digital Audio
Storytel returns to New Normal (post-Tellander, not post-Covid) predictability
I’m emboldened to optimism by Larcher and Team’s SVOD background, which by definition...
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Beware The Future – It’s Closer Than You Think
“AI can never replace human creativity!” So why are you running about like a headless chicken...
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As Spotify audiobooks launches in more à la carte markets, Kobo joins Audible in bucking the industry-imagined all-you-can-eat-is-history trend
Self-fulfilling prophecies are the new black in publishing. You may have heard the one about...
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Do UK 18-24 year-olds have secret access to Spotify’s not-yet-launched audiobooks platform?
“18 to 24-year-olds were found to be more likely to use non-Amazon retailers compared to...
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Amazon adds 98 million music titles to Prime. Publishers should be worried
It’s not rocket science to see where this might be heading. We can safely assume the 98...
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As Storytel, Nextory and BookBeat pursue limited consumption strategies, Audible doubles down on unlimited
1,300 unlimited-access titles is of course a drop in the Audible France ocean, but this is part of...
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BookBeat launches in Spain and Italy. Storytel and Nextory report notional growth amid acquisition speculation
Any acquisition of Storytel is for now just speculation, but there are only two likely contenders...
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Storytel launches in France with tiered access and a headline that mentions neither
No unlimited subscription on offer here, but that’s a reflection of French publishing rather...
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Spotify’s “game-changer” – just the first ripples of the seismic shift in the publishing landscape that began in 2020
TNPS August 2020: “While the ripples won’t be felt for some time, we are witnessing a...
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Recommended reading: Norway – Digital subscription and short children’s books
TNPS readers say they often miss the many short posts I put out on LinkedIn each day, that are...
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USA – The top podcast genre chart for Q2 2022
For book publishers insights like these can be invaluable in helping target audiences as...
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