Sweden: Storytel’s spending spree continues with 3rd acquisition this month – Nordic audiobook production company Earselect
Barely had the cyber-ink dried on the news that Sweden-based Storytel had acquired Arabic-language...
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Category: ebook subscription services
Storytel beats forecast for Q2, taking subscribers to 1.23 million and Q2 revenue up 43% YOY. Announces plans for Thailand and Indonesia
Storytel remains predictable, but gratifyingly so, as it beats Q2 forecasts and announces new...
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Sweden’s BookBeat sees 82% revenue rise in Q2. Launches in Poland. Targets 400,000 subscribers and $50 million revenue in 2020
US and UK publishers will be watching nervously as the Q2 streaming service results emerge, and...
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Sweden’s Nextory grows revenue 95% in Q2. 58% new user growth in June
While many publishers remain wary of the unlimited subscription model for digital books, consumers...
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Sweden: Bookbeat’s new data-sharing tool could be a watershed moment for subscription publishing
We’ve long known the attraction of digital subscription books to consumers. But the benefits for...
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The latest edition of Publish Africa, the StreetLib-TNPS newsletter for Africa’s publishers, is now live
On hold during the early stages of the pandemic, the StreetLib-TNPS newsletter Publish Africa is...
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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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Mapping the New Normal – unlimited streaming services from Alamo, Yippee and Mills & Boon as Faber CEO admits “lockdown lessons will outlast the pandemic”
Unlimited video streaming services are proliferating like wildfire, and unlimited ebook and...
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Publishers globally need to understand the new normal now evolving, and to develop post-pandemic “go wide” strategies that may at first glance seem counter-intuitive
It is estimated at least 50,000 readers in Spain have transitioned to digital reading – ebooks and...
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Sweden’s Nextory sees 94% revenue and 110% subscriber growth in Q1
As ever with Nextory press releases, real numbers are hard to come by, and without a base line the...
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Sweden’s Nextory collects $6 million in new funding for European expansion amid “fantastic growth” in audiobook and ebook subscription
Already in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Nextory CEO Shadi Bitar has...
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Storytel raises $96.5 million in new funding. A vote of confidence in the unlimited subscription model, not just the company
In a heavily oversubscribed surprise share issue late Thursday, Storytel raised SEK 948 million...
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