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The parallel publishing universe that is online reading continues its exponential rise as mainstream western publishing looks the other way

by Mark Williams | Aug 20, 2021 | Digital-Reading Initiatives, Global Publishing, Indonesia, North America, Social Publishing, Wattpad | 0 |

Add the 70 million readers on Pratilip, the 49 million for China Literature outside China and the...

Byju’s acquires children’s reading platform Epic for $500 million in another seismic shift in the publishing landscape

by Mark Williams | Jul 22, 2021 | Children's Books, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Ebooks, Global Publishing, India, USA | 0 |

Overseas capital continues to flood the North America publishing market, entering key digital...

Wattpad Brand Originals launched as 45% of Wattpad’s Gen Z users say they do not watch traditional TV. Publishers, keep up

by Mark Williams | Mar 24, 2021 | Digital subscription, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Global Publishing, Wattpad | 0 |

For Millennials and Gen Zers … subscription isn’t the New Normal. It’s just normal. Baby-Boomers,...

NABU digital reading app launches in Kenya with free content in English and Kiswahili

by Mark Williams | Oct 10, 2020 | Africa, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Global Publishing, Kenya, The global book market, The New Publishing Standard | 0 |

“Building a bridge to equality, one mother tongue at a time.” Based in New York and with offices...

Sheikh Zayed Book Award hosts seminar exploring digital publishing and the “the never-before-seen emergence of ‘subscription culture’ in the Arab world”

by Mark Williams | Jul 6, 2020 | Abu Dhabi, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Global Publishing, Middle East, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

Titled “Building a Digital Ecosystem for Knowledge”, the seminar was moderated by Saeed Hamdan Al...

Video game becomes part of Poland’s official school reading list as the definition of books and reading blurs

by Mark Williams | Jun 19, 2020 | Digital-Reading Initiatives, Education Publishing, Europe, Global Publishing, Publishing Controversies, Publishing News | 0 |

For the purists among us who think that a book isn’t a book unless it was written by hand with a...

OverDrive’s reading app Sora, in 23,000 schools globally, almost doubled student reading time in 2019

by Mark Williams | Jan 15, 2020 | Digital Libraries, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Global Publishing, USA | 0 |

The secret sauce of the Sora children’s reading app from OverDrive is that is doesn’t just...

Rakuten OverDrive’s Sora reading app wins 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award

by Mark Williams | Nov 27, 2019 | Digital Libraries, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |

OverDrive’s Sora app will be no stranger to regular readers here at TNPS. Back in August we...

Digital books streaming service YouScribe on target for 300k subscribers by end 2019. Equals Storytel’s non-Nordic reach in first year – in Africa

by Mark Williams | Oct 8, 2019 | Africa, Aggregators, bookstores, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Madagascar, Senegal, The global book market | 0 |

When we think of digital books subscription services it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture...

Publish MENA – the digital advantage #4 is hitting inboxes this weekend

by Mark Williams | Sep 15, 2019 | Digital Audio, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Dubai, ebook subscription services, Ebooks, Egypt, Global Publishing, Middle East, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

The joint StreetLib-TNPS bi-weekly newsletter Publish MENA – the digital...

Asia Foundation launches Let’s Read Project in Myanmar

by Mark Williams | Sep 5, 2019 | Cambodia, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Myanmar, Smartphones & Tablets, Social Publishing, South Asia, The global book market | 0 |

Let’s Read is an initiative by the Asia Foundation to bring the joy of reading to children across...

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Byju’s acquires children’s reading platform Epic for $500 million in another seismic shift in the publishing landscape

Wattpad Brand Originals launched as 45% of Wattpad’s Gen Z users say they do not watch traditional TV. Publishers, keep up

NABU digital reading app launches in Kenya with free content in English and Kiswahili

Sheikh Zayed Book Award hosts seminar exploring digital publishing and the “the never-before-seen emergence of ‘subscription culture’ in the Arab world”

Video game becomes part of Poland’s official school reading list as the definition of books and reading blurs

OverDrive’s reading app Sora, in 23,000 schools globally, almost doubled student reading time in 2019

Rakuten OverDrive’s Sora reading app wins 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award

Digital books streaming service YouScribe on target for 300k subscribers by end 2019. Equals Storytel’s non-Nordic reach in first year – in Africa

Publish MENA – the digital advantage #4 is hitting inboxes this weekend

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