Category: Europe
Sweden’s Nextory subscribers grew 61% YoY in Q1. Finland users double
Currently in seven markets (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and...
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Bologna drops in-person event. Strengthens its digital fair. LBF keeps publishers guessing
One has to wonder if the London Book Fair as we know it even has a future, or if, like it’s US...
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Déjà vu as London Book Fair descends into farce for second year running. Time to put 2021 on hold, ditch Reed Exhibitions, and think about the New Normal
LBF21 might just manage to hobble forward this summer, but the right thing to do is to put it out...
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UK: 257 m. print books sold, 95 m. ebooks sold, 23 m. audiobooks sold in 2020, a record year amid bookstore closures
Just maybe deliberately overpriced ebooks will become a thing of the past as publishers examine...
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Storytel funding exceeds a quarter billion dollars in 18 months as new $138 million influx announced. US and UK publishers look the other way
“The proceeds will…finance potential future acquisition opportunities in accordance...
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Amazon launches in Poland. Sells Kindles but Polish is not a supported language
Amazon gleefully tells Polish consumers they can shop in the US store where ebooks are available...
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2020 was BookBeat’s “most successful year”. Revenue up 63%. Subscribers up 65%
The non-mention of BookBeat UK tells its own story. The UK and US are of course the mainstay of...
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Denmark’ bookstore Saxo into profit thanks to online sales and digital subscription
Regulars will know TNPS has been largely offline this past several weeks, and the disruption is...
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Germany’s Leipzig Book Fair to be digital this year
For global publishing the new normal is yet to fully emerge, but we can be certain we’ll see...
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“Non-essential” UK bookstore retail faces an existential challenge as 2021 lockdown bites
Many publishers will be watching their retail accounts closely this lockdown and wondering at what...
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Sweden’s BookBeat launches ebook app as it sees 75% increase in ebook reading in 2020. Storytel Turkey adds ebooks in Turkish
Both listening and reading are increasing rapidly in all markets where Bookbeat is active, and in...
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Simon & Schuster add 42,000 English-language titles to France-based subscription service Youboox
Penguin Random House, awaiting regulatory approval to acquire Simon & Schuster, earlier this...
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