Category: Digital subscription
Amazon-owned Audible’s unlimited subscription now in five markets. And counting…
But can anyone seriously imagine PRH taking the moral high ground and pulling its titles when (not...
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Storytel and Tocalivros partner to boost the Brazil audiobook market
Sweden’s Storytel and Brazil’s Tocalivros have decided that partnering for market share might be a...
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Romania’s digital publishing steps up a gear with two new audiobook subscription services and new investment in online book retail
As Pandemic Y2 prepares to silently extend to Pandemic Y3 it becomes more and more likely...
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Amazon’s inexorable shift to unlimited subscription is creeping up on complacent publishers looking the other way
The slippery slope has been greased. Audible Plus US and UK are going to outperform the regular...
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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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Pearson+ subscription app “brings e-books in line with how students buy and experience the rest of their content”. Most other publishers look away
But as the subscription screws tighten, so publishers will have to rethink their resistance to...
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Nextory launches in 9th market, Spain. Re-branded Nubico platform goes head to head with Storytel and Audible
Of more interest is what this launch may mean for Nextory’s wider global ambitions, especially in...
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Byju’s acquires children’s reading platform Epic for $500 million in another seismic shift in the publishing landscape
Overseas capital continues to flood the North America publishing market, entering key digital...
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Storytel Nordics alone hits 1 million subscribers
Comprising Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland the Nordics is a region of five national...
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Scribd’s likely $1 billion IPO valuation shows how far US digital books subscription lags behind global rivals
The issue is not if, but when publishers embrace subscription wholesale, and which players they...
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As Netflix adds games and podcasts to its platform appeal, publishers need to rethink resistance to subscription
For publishers there’s no direct threat here – and likely benefits, as books are often...
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Storytel Ereader launches in Netherlands and Belgium, confirming Tellander’s quiet commitment to ebooks
The latest roll-out of the Storytel e-in e-reader is testament to the fact that Jonas Tellander...
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