Category: Europe
Denmark’s largest book fair, the Bogforum, is cancelled until 2021
Denmark’s Bogforum is the latest book fair casualty of the coronavirus, with postponement until...
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Amazon Sweden launch now imminent, but what part will books play?
Amazon has been talking with publishers in Sweden, but the absence of any serious rumours, let...
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Spain’s eLiburutegia, the digital books arm of the Basque Public Reading Network, triples ebook loans during 2020
It may not be the biggest digital library system in Spain, but it has a dedicated audience of...
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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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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter for serious self-publishers, Publish Global # 5, is now out
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for the serious self-publisher with...
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Amazon finally sounding out publishers as Amazon Sweden venture readies
We’ve known for some while now that Amazon has been considering a Nordic launch, with...
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Bulgaria will cut its VAT rate on books and ebooks from 20% to 9% on July 1. But only for 6 months
While many EU countries have taken the 2018 VAT harmonization ruling to reduce the tax on ebooks...
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Video game becomes part of Poland’s official school reading list as the definition of books and reading blurs
For the purists among us who think that a book isn’t a book unless it was written by hand with a...
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Mapping the New Normal: James Daunt U-turns on ebooks. Plans to invest in Nook and restore Waterstones ebooks. Rewrites history to suit
No, I double-checked the date. It’s not April 1 and James Daunt, CEO of the UK’s Waterstone’s and...
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Denmark’s podcast start-up Podimo raises $16.8 million for expansion
For many in the publishing industry the podcast is the poor man’s audiobook, as the short story is...
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Mapping the New Normal: As HarperCollins, Macmillan and Bonnier lead the Exodus, it’s time for the Frankfurt Book Fair to rethink its focus
The ink was barely dry on the Buchmesse statement announcing a hybrid in-person and virtual event...
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Mapping the new normal: As bookstores in France re-open, early euphoria gives way to plummeting book sales in week two
After a long and painful lockdown it was hardly surprising that many booklovers made a beeline for...
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